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The Meaning of seed
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(pl. ) of Seed
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(n.) A ripened ovule, consisting of an embryo with one or more integuments, or coverings; as, an apple seed; a currant seed. By germination it produces a new plant.
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(n.) Any small seedlike fruit, though it may consist of a pericarp, or even a calyx, as well as the seed proper; as, parsnip seed; thistle seed.
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(n.) The generative fluid of the male; semen; sperm; -- not used in the plural.
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(n.) That from which anything springs; first principle; original; source; as, the seeds of virtue or vice.
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(n.) The principle of production.
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(n.) Progeny; offspring; children; descendants; as, the seed of Abraham; the seed of David.
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(n.) Race; generation; birth.
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(v. t.) To sprinkle with seed; to plant seeds in; to sow; as, to seed a field.
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(v. t.) To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.
Synonyms
seeded player
,
source
,
germ
,
semen
,
seminal fluid
,
ejaculate
,
cum
,
come
,
sow
Homophones
cede
Rhymes
accede
,
agreed
,
aidid
,
airspeed
,
alwaleed
,
aniseed
,
appleseed
,
aristede
,
aristide
,
bead
,
bede
,
beede
,
bleed
,
brede
,
breed
,
cede
,
centipede
,
concede
,
cottonseed
,
creed
,
decreed
,
dede
,
deed
,
degreed
,
disagreed
,
duckweed
,
ede
,
exceed
,
fede
,
feed
,
fireweed
,
flaxseed
,
frede
,
freed
,
freid
,
fried
,
friede
,
gaede
,
ganymede
,
gilead
,
glede
,
gleed
,
greed
,
guaranteed
,
hamid
,
heed
,
impede
,
inbreed
,
indeed
,
intercede
,
keyed
,
knead
,
kneed
,
laclede
,
lead
,
leed
,
linseed
,
lipide
,
mead
,
meade
,
milkweed
,
misdeed
,
mislead
,
misread
,
need
,
nied
,
nosebleed
,
oilseed
,
peed
,
pitied
,
plead
,
pokeweed
,
precede
,
proceed
,
proofread
,
prophesied
,
ragweed
,
rapeseed
,
rasheed
,
rashid
,
read
,
recede
,
reed
,
reid
,
reread
,
reseed
,
ried
,
riede
,
schmead
,
screed
,
seaweed
,
secede
,
shaheed
,
siegfried
,
sinead
,
skied
,
smead
,
snead
,
sneed
,
speed
,
stampede
,
steed
,
streed
,
succeed
,
swede
,
teide
,
thede
,
thiede
,
tiede
,
treed
,
tweed
,
vahid
,
wahid
,
waleed
,
walid
,
weed
,
wied
,
wrede