seed

noun

A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an embryonic plant.
Any small seed-like fruit.
If you plant a seed in the spring, you may have a pleasant surprise in the autumn.
Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.
(collective) An amount of seeds that cannot be readily counted.
The entire field was covered with geese eating the freshly sown seed.
A fragment of coral.
Semen.
A man must use his seed to start and raise a family.
A precursor.
the seed of an idea; which idea was the seed (idea)?
The initial state, condition or position of a changing, growing or developing process; the ultimate precursor in a defined chain of precursors.
Offspring, descendants, progeny.
the seed of Abraham
Race; generation; birth.
A small bubble formed in imperfectly fused glass.

verb

To plant or sow an area with seeds.
I seeded my lawn with bluegrass.
To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.
To start; to provide, assign or determine the initial resources for, position of, state of.
A venture capitalist seeds young companies.
To allocate a seeding to a competitor.
To leave (files) available for others to download through peer-to-peer file sharing protocols (e.g. BitTorrent).
To be qualified to compete, especially in a quarter-final, semi-final or final.
The tennis player seeded into the quarters.
To produce seed.
To grow to maturity.
To ejaculate inside the penetratee during intercourse, especially in the rectum.

verb

(stative) To perceive or detect with the eyes, or as if by sight.
To form a mental picture of.
(social) To meet, to visit.
To be the setting or time of.
1999 saw the release of many great films.
(by extension) To ensure that something happens, especially while witnessing it.
I'll see you hang for this! I saw that they didn't make any more trouble.
To wait upon; attend, escort.
I saw the old lady safely across the road.
To respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value.
I'll see your twenty dollars and raise you ten.
To determine by trial or experiment; to find out (if or whether).
I'll come over later and see if I can fix your computer.
(used in the imperative) To reference or to study for further details.
For a complete proof of the Poincaré conjecture, see Appendix C.
To examine something closely, or to utilize something, often as a temporary alternative.
Can I see that lighter for a second? Mine just quit working.
To include as one of something's experiences.
The equipment has not seen usage outside of our projects.

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