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

1. plural. of Seed
2. noun. 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.
3. noun. 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.
4. noun. The generative fluid of the male; semen; sperm; -- not used in the plural.
5. noun. That from which anything springs; first principle; original; source; as, the seeds of virtue or vice.
6. noun. The principle of production.
7. noun. Progeny; offspring; children; descendants; as, the seed of Abraham; the seed of David.
8. noun. Race; generation; birth.
9. transitive verb. To sprinkle with seed; to plant seeds in; to sow; as, to seed a field.
10. transitive verb. To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.
11. noun. the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

    Synonyms: come, cum, ejaculate, semen

12. noun. anything that provides inspiration for later work

    Synonyms: germ, source

13. noun. one of the outstanding players in a tournament
14. noun. a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa
15. noun. a small hard fruit
16. verb. remove the seeds from

    "seed grapes"

17. verb. inoculate with microorganisms
18. verb. sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain

    "seed clouds"

19. verb. distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds
20. verb. place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth

    "She sowed sunflower seeds"

    Synonyms: sow

21. verb. go to seed; shed seeds

    "The dandelions went to seed"

22. verb. bear seeds
23. verb. help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money

Synonyms

come, cum, ejaculate, semen, germ, source, sow

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in seed:

dees

Common word forms

seeds, seeded, seeder, seedful, seeding, seedless, seedness

Words from these letters

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