Meaning of seed | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.
   countable
3. Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs
4. A part of a flowering plant that contains an embryo and the food it will need to grow into a new plant. A seed is a mature fertilized ovule.
5. A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an embryonic plant.
   countable
6. A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an embryonic plant
7. An embryonic plant and its food supply.
8. Any small seed-like fruit.
   countable
9. Any small seed-like fruit
10. An amount of seeds that cannot be readily counted.
    collective, uncountable
11. To put (seeds) into the ground for growth:plant, sow.
12. An amount of seeds that cannot be readily counted
13. A fragment of coral.
    countable
14. having been seeded. a seeded player. gekeur مُصَنَّف مع الجيِّدين играч от висока класа escalado nasazený verteilt seedet παίκτης εξαιρετικής απόδοσης preseleccionado asetatud, tabelisse paigutatud بازيكن قوي sijoitettu classé שַׂחקָן מְדוֹרָג वरीयताक्रम वाला stavljen na rang-listu, određen za nosioca skupine u natjecanju kiemelt (játékos) terpilih sem hefur verið komið fyrir í riðli classificato シードされた 시드를 배정받은 atrinktas atsijāts; izlases- diletakkan sebagai pemain pilihan geplaatst seedet r...
15. A fragment of coral
16. Semen.
    uncountable
17. a young plant just grown from a seed. Don't walk on the lettuce seedlings! saailing غَرْسَه младо стръкче muda semenáček der Sämling spire φυντάνι, βλαστάρι planta de semillero idu, võrse نهال بذري taimi semisנבט पौद, पौध presadnica, sadnica palánta tumbuhan muda, bibit kímplanta pianticella 苗(木) 묘목 sėjinukas stāds; dēsts semaian zaailingfrøplante; ungtresadzonka نېښ يا تيغ (دوښو): نيالګي( چې له زړې شين شوى وي răsad рассада, сеянец semenáč sadika mladica späd planta ต้นไม้ที่งอกจากเมล็ด fide ...
18. A precursor.
    countable, figuratively
19. slonsigheid كَوْن الشَّيء أو المَكان بالٍ أو مُهْتَرئ занемареност decadência ošumělost die Schäbigkeit, die Flauheit lurvethed φθορά, αθλιότητα aspecto sórdido kehv enesetunne ژوليدگي؛كسالت siivottomuus aspect miteux רִיבּוּי זְרָעִים बिजैलापन, फटीचरपन otrcanost, mamurluk szegényesség, kopottság, betegesség; magvasság keburukan e-ð sem er í niðurníðslu trasandatezza みすぼらしさ 기분이 언짢음 bloga savijauta, negalavimas noplucis izskats; slikta pašsajūta keadaan yang buruk sjofelheid, slapheidloslitthe...
20. The initial state, condition or position of a changing, growing or developing process; the ultimate precursor in a defined chain of precursors.
    countable, uncountable
21. The initial position of a competitor or team in a tournament. (seed position)
    countable, uncountable
22. ground prepared for growing seeds. saadlaai, saadkassie مَشْتَل للبُذور леха с разсад canteiro záhon das Samenbeet udsåningsbed φυτώριοsemillero taimelava زمين آماده بذرپاشي kylvöalusta semis מִנבַּטָה बोने योग्य खेत lijeha ágyás persemaian sáðreitur vivaio, semenzaio 苗床 모판, 온상 daigynas dēstu dobe; sēšanai sagatavota dobe tapak semaian zaaibedfrøbed rozsadnik هغه ځمکه چی دکښت لپاره چمتو وی canteiro răzor рассадочная грядка záhon semenska greda leja sa rasadom såbädd, drivbänk แปลงเพาะชำ fidel...
23. The competitor or team occupying a given seed (position).
    countable, uncountable
24. semilla, simiente.
25. The initialization state of a pseudorandom number generator or similar system.
    countable, uncountable
26. A mature plant ovule containing an embryo.
27. (by extension) A unique code that acts as a blueprint for generating a specific game world, determining terrain, structures, and resource placement.
    countable, uncountable
28. A larval shellfish or a hatchling fish: released scallop seed in the bay.
29. A commercial message in a creative format placed on relevant sites on the Internet. (seed idea or seed message)
    Internet, countable, uncountable
30. Offspring, descendants, progeny.
    archaic, countable, uncountable
31. Race; generation; birth.
    countable, uncountable
32. A small particle, bubble, or imperfection that serves as a nucleation point for some process.
    countable, uncountable
33. A small bubble formed in imperfectly fused glass.
    countable, uncountable
34. A child.
    US, countable, slang, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“[…] for hungry birds have devoured ſeeds, and having moiſtened and warmed them in their bellies, a little after have dunged in the forky twiſtes of Trees, and together with their dung excluded the ſeed whole which erſt they had ſwallowed: and ſometimes it brings forth there where they dung it, […]”

“If you plant a seed in the spring, you may have a pleasant surprise in the autumn.”

“The exiguity and ſmallneſſe of ſome ſeeds extending to large productions is one of the magnalities of nature, ſomewhat illuſtrating the work of the Creation, and vaſt production from nothing.”

“Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, […]. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better. These rarities may be new mutations, or they can be existing ones that are neutral—or are even selected against—in a wild population. A good example is mutations that disrupt seed dispersal, leaving the seeds on the heads long after they are ripe.”

“The entire field was covered with geese eating the freshly sown seed.”

“A man must use his seed to start and raise a family.”

“And if any mans seede of copulation goe out from him, then hee shall wash all his flesh in water, and bee vncleane vntill the Euen.”

“the seed of an idea”

“Which idea was the seed (idea)?”

“The team with the best regular season record receives the top seed in the conference tournament.”

“The rookie was a surprising top seed.”

“If you use the same seed you will get exactly the same pattern of numbers.”

“As suggested in [3], space can be saved by using a deterministic pseudo random number generator (PRNG) and storing only the seed of that PRNG.”

“Seeds are Minecraft's way of generating terrain. Each biome you spawn in is determined by the seed. With a custom seed, you can have a desert biome right next to a mesa biome.”

“The latest seed has attracted a lot of users in our online community.”

“the seed of Abraham”

“Next him king Leyr in happie peace long raind, / But had no issue male him to succeed, / But three faire daughters, which were well vptraind, / In all that seemed fit for kingly seed […]”

“Of mortal seed they were not held.”

“Seeds know what time it is, like it's time for Teletubbies”

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