English to Persian Dictionary Online
Definition of "seed"

seed

Từ điển Collocation

seed noun

¹ from which a plant grows

ADJ. grass, poppy, etc. | bird

QUANT. packet

VERB + SEED plant, sow | produce, set This tree produces very hard seeds. The plant will set seed in June. | grow/raise sth from She grew all the broccoli plants from seed. | spread Most seeds are spread by the wind. | go/run to Allow some of the plants to run to seed, and save the seed for next year.

SEED + VERB germinate, grow, sprout

SEED + NOUN head, pod | packet, tray | bank, catalogue, merchant | cake | corn, potato

PHRASES a variety of seeds The catalogue has hundreds of different varieties of seeds.

² player in a sports competition

ADJ. first, second, etc. | number one, number two, etc. | top Venus Williams was the top seed at Wimbledon this year.

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Từ điển WordNet

n.

• a small hard fruit
• a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa
• one of the outstanding players in a tournament; seeded player
• anything that provides inspiration for later work; source, germ
• the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract; semen, seminal fluid, ejaculate, cum, come

v.

• go to seed; shed seeds

  The dandelions went to seed

• help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money
• bear seeds
• place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth; sow, sough

  She sowed sunflower seeds

• distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds
• sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain

  seed clouds

• inoculate with microorganisms
• remove the seeds from

  seed grapes

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Microsoft Computer Dictionary

n. A starting value used in generating a sequence of random or pseudorandom numbers. See also random number generation.

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English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

seeds|seeded|seeding
syn.: come cum ejaculate germ seeded player semen seminal fluid sough source sow