Dictionary Entry
seed
seed is a 4-letter English word with 23 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Seed. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 5 · 23 senses
Definitions
- 1plural
of Seed
- 2noun
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.
- 3noun
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.
- 4noun
The generative fluid of the male; semen; sperm; -- not used in the plural.
- 5noun
That from which anything springs; first principle; original; source; as, the seeds of virtue or vice.
- 6noun
The principle of production.
- 7noun
Progeny; offspring; children; descendants; as, the seed of Abraham; the seed of David.
- 8noun
Race; generation; birth.
- 9transitive verb
To sprinkle with seed; to plant seeds in; to sow; as, to seed a field.
- 10transitive verb
To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.
- 11noun
the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
- 12noun
anything that provides inspiration for later work
- 13noun
one of the outstanding players in a tournament
- 14noun
a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa
- 15noun
a small hard fruit
- 16verb
remove the seeds from
"seed grapes"
- 17verb
inoculate with microorganisms
- 18verb
sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain
"seed clouds"
- 19verb
distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds
- 20verb
place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth
"She sowed sunflower seeds"
Synonyms
- 21verb
go to seed; shed seeds
"The dandelions went to seed"
- 22verb
bear seeds
- 23verb
help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money
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