seed

/siːd/ · noun

Meaning

A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an embryonic plant.
Any small seed-like fruit.
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.
A fragment of coral.
Semen.
To plant or sow an area with seeds.
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.
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.
(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.
(by extension) To ensure that something happens, especially while witnessing it.
To wait upon; attend, escort.

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