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The Meaning of seed

  • (pl. ) of Seed
  • (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.
  • (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.
  • (n.) The generative fluid of the male; semen; sperm; -- not used in the plural.
  • (n.) That from which anything springs; first principle; original; source; as, the seeds of virtue or vice.
  • (n.) The principle of production.
  • (n.) Progeny; offspring; children; descendants; as, the seed of Abraham; the seed of David.
  • (n.) Race; generation; birth.
  • (v. t.) To sprinkle with seed; to plant seeds in; to sow; as, to seed a field.
  • (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