seed
🇺🇸
/siːd/
🇬🇧
/siːd/
noun
B1
A small part from a plant that can grow into a new plant.
Plant the seed in good soil to help it grow.
R
The small hard part inside some fruits.
The apple seed is too hard to eat.
R
The start of a feeling or idea that grows over time.
The seed of doubt grew in her mind.
R
A top player in a competition who gets a good position.
The number one seed won the match easily.
R
The fluid from a male that can create a baby.
The seed is needed to make a new life.
R
All the children and grandchildren of one man.
The old man's seed spread across the country.
verb
R
To make seeds.
The plant will seed in the fall.
R
To grow new plants from its own seeds.
The flower can seed itself in the garden.
R
To put seeds in the ground to grow plants.
The field was seeded with corn last week.
R
To give a player a good position in a competition.
She was seeded third in the tennis tournament.
translation
A small part from a plant that can grow into a new plant.; The small hard part inside some fruits.; The start of a feeling or idea that grows over time.; A top player in a competition who gets a good position.; The fluid from a male that can create a baby.; All the children and grandchildren of one man.
To make seeds.; To grow new plants from its own seeds.; To put seeds in the ground to grow plants.; To give a player a good position in a competition.
Word Forms
Plural
seeds
Progressive
seeding
Past
seeded
Perfect
seeded
3rd Present
seeds