seed

Noun

seed noun

1. A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an embryonic plant.
2. Any small seed-like fruit.“If you plant a seed in the spring, you may have a pleasant surprise in the autumn.”
3. Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.
4. (collective) An amount of seeds that cannot be readily counted.“The entire field was covered with geese eating the freshly sown seed.”

Verb

seed verb

1. To plant or sow an area with seeds.“I seeded my lawn with bluegrass.”
2. To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.
3. To start; to provide, assign or determine the initial resources for, position of, state of.“A venture capitalist seeds young companies.”
4. To allocate a seeding to a competitor.

seed verb

1. (stative) To perceive or detect with the eyes, or as if by sight.
2. To form a mental picture of.
3. (social) To meet, to visit.
4. To be the setting or time of.“1999 saw the release of many great films.”