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ENGLISH: seed - CREOLE: grenn

Overview of noun seed

The noun seed has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)

1. (12) seed -- (a small hard fruit)

2. (5) seed -- (a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa)

3. seeded player, seed -- (one of the outstanding players in a tournament)

4. source, seed, germ -- (anything that provides inspiration for later work)

5. semen, seed, seminal fluid, ejaculate, cum, come -- (the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract)

Overview of verb seed

The verb seed has 8 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (1) seed -- (go to seed; shed seeds; "The dandelions went to seed")

2. seed -- (help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money)

3. seed -- (bear seeds)

4. sow, sough, seed -- (place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth; "She sowed sunflower seeds")

5. seed -- (distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds)

6. seed -- (sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain; "seed clouds")

7. seed -- (inoculate with microorganisms)

8. seed -- (remove the seeds from; "seed grapes")