Word: seed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: ] From Middle English seed, sede, side, from Old English sēd, sǣd (“seed, that which is sown”), from Proto-West Germanic *sād, from Proto-Germanic *sēdą, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow, throw”). Cognates Cognate with Yola zeade (“seed”), North Frisian sead, seed, siad, Siid, sädj, säid (“seed”), Saterland Frisian Säid (“seed”), West Frisian sied (“seed”), Dutch zaad (“seed”), German Saat (“seed; sowing”), Limburgish zaod (“seed”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk sæd (“seed”), Faroese and Icelandic sáð (“seed”), Swedish säd (“seed”), Gothic *𐍃𐌴𐌸𐍃 (*sēþs, “seed”); also Latin serō (“to sow, plant”), Latvian sēt (“to sow”), Lithuanian sėti (“to sow”), Bulgarian се́я (séja, “to sow, plant”), Czech sít (“to sow”), Macedonian сее (see, “to sow”), Polish siać (“to sow”), Russian се́ять (séjatʹ, “to sow”), Serbo-Croatian се̏јати, sȅjati, си̏јати, sȉjati (“to sow”), Slovak siať (“to sow”), Slovene sejáti (“to sow”), Ukrainian сі́яти (síjaty, “to sow”). More at sow. Pronunciation: /siːd/ 1. Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs. Labels: countable Example: […] 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, […] 2. Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs. Labels: countable 3. Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs. Labels: countable Example: If you plant a seed in the spring, you may have a pleasant surprise in the autumn. Example: 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. 4. An amount of seeds that cannot be readily counted. Labels: collective, uncountable Example: The entire field was covered with geese eating the freshly sown seed. 5. A fragment of coral. Labels: countable 6. Semen. Labels: uncountable Example: A man must use his seed to start and raise a family. Example: 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. 7. A precursor. Labels: countable, figuratively Example: the seed of an idea Example: Which idea was the seed (idea)? 8. The initial state, condition or position of a changing, growing or developing process; the ultimate precursor in a defined chain of precursors. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The team with the best regular season record receives the top seed in the conference tournament. 9. The initial state, condition or position of a changing, growing or developing process; the ultimate precursor in a defined chain of precursors. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The rookie was a surprising top seed. Example: Serving at deuce and trailing to Germany’s Tamara Korpatsch 5-2 in the first set of their second-round match at the French Open, the Chinese No. 32 seed saw a forehand called out by a line judge. 10. The initial state, condition or position of a changing, growing or developing process; the ultimate precursor in a defined chain of precursors. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If you use the same seed you will get exactly the same pattern of numbers. Example: 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. 11. The initial state, condition or position of a changing, growing or developing process; the ultimate precursor in a defined chain of precursors. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 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. 12. The initial state, condition or position of a changing, growing or developing process; the ultimate precursor in a defined chain of precursors. Labels: Internet, countable, uncountable Example: The latest seed has attracted a lot of users in our online community. 13. Offspring, descendants, progeny. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: the seed of Abraham Example: 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 […] 14. Race; generation; birth. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Of mortal seed they were not held. 15. A small particle, bubble, or imperfection that serves as a nucleation point for some process. Labels: countable, uncountable 16. A small bubble formed in imperfectly fused glass. Labels: countable, uncountable 17. A child. Labels: US, countable, slang, uncountable Example: Seeds know what time it is, like it's time for Teletubbies