| seed | (noun) the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract | Synonyms: come, cum, ejaculate, semen, seminal fluid |
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| (noun) anything that provides inspiration for later work | Synonyms: germ, source |
| (noun) one of the outstanding players in a tournament | Synonyms: seeded player |
| (noun) a small hard fruit | - |
| (noun) a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa | - |
| (verb) inoculate with microorganisms | - |
| (verb) remove the seeds from | - |
| (verb) sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain | - |
| (verb) distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds | - |
| (verb) go to seed; shed seeds | - |
| (verb) place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth | Synonyms: sow |
| (verb) bear seeds | - |
| (verb) help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money | - |
| seedbed | (noun) a bed where seedlings are grown before transplanting | - |
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| seedcake | (noun) a sweet cake flavored with sesame or caraway seeds and lemon | Synonyms: seed cake |
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| seedcase | (noun) the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves) | Synonyms: cod, pod |
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| seeded | (adjective) (of the more skilled contestants) selectively arranged in the draw for position in a tournament so that they meet each other in later rounds | - |
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| (adjective) sprinkled with seed | Synonyms: sown |
| (adjective) having or supplied with seeds | - |
| (adjective) having seeds as specified | - |
| (adjective) having the seeds extracted | - |
| seeder | (noun) a kitchen utensil that removes seeds from fruit | - |
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| (noun) a mechanical device that sows grass seed or grain evenly over the ground | - |
| (noun) a person who seeds clouds | Synonyms: cloud seeder |
| seediness | (noun) a lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing | Synonyms: manginess, shabbiness, sleaziness |
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| seedless | (adjective) lacking seeds | - |
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| seedling | (noun) young plant or tree grown from a seed | - |
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| seedman | (noun) a dealer in seeds | Synonyms: seedsman |
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| seedpod | (noun) a several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plant | Synonyms: pod |
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| seedsman | (noun) a dealer in seeds | Synonyms: seedman |
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| seedtime | (noun) the time during which seeds should be planted | - |
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| (noun) any time of new development | - |
| seedy | (adjective) full of seeds | - |
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| (adjective) morally degraded | Synonyms: seamy, sleazy, sordid, squalid |
| (adjective) somewhat ill or prone to illness | Synonyms: ailing, indisposed, peaked, poorly, sickly, under the weather, unwell |
| (adjective) shabby and untidy | Synonyms: scruffy |