NOUN | plant | seed | a small hard fruit |
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plant | seed | a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa | |
person | seed, seeded player | one of the outstanding players in a tournament | |
cognition | seed, source, germ | anything that provides inspiration for later work | |
body | seed, semen, seminal fluid, ejaculate, cum, come | the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract | |
VERB | contact | seed | go to seed |
possession | seed | help (an enterprise / enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money | |
creation | seed | bear seeds | |
contact | seed, sow | place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth | |
cognition | seed | distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds | |
change | seed | sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain | |
change | seed | inoculate with microorganisms | |
change | seed | remove the seeds from |
Sounds | siy'd | |
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Rhymes | able-bodied ... worried: 105 rhymes with iyd... |
Meaning | A mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa. | |
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Parts | endosperm | nutritive tissue surrounding the embryo within seeds of flowering plants |
pericarp, seed vessel | The ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary | |
testa, episperm, seed coat | Protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants | |
Broader | ovule | A small body that contains the female germ cell of a plant |
Spanish | semilla | |
Catalan | llavor | |
Verbs | seed | go to seed |
seed | place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth | |
seed | bear seeds |
Meaning | One of the outstanding players in a tournament. | |
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Synonym | seeded player | |
Broader | player, participant | A person who participates in or is skilled at some game / game |
Spanish | cabeza de serie | |
Catalan | cap de sèrie | |
Verbs | seed | distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds |
Meaning | Anything that provides inspiration for later work. | |
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Synonyms | source, germ | |
Narrower | muse | The source of an artist's inspiration |
taproot | Something that provides an important central source for growth or development | |
Broader | inspiration | arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity |
Spanish | fuente, germen, semilla | |
Catalan | germen |
Meaning | The thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract. | |
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Synonyms | semen, seminal fluid, ejaculate, cum, come | |
Parts | sperm, sperm cell, spermatozoon, spermatozoan | The male reproductive cell |
Narrower | milt | seminal fluid produced by male fish |
Broader | liquid body substance, bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour | The liquid parts of the body |
Spanish | corrida, esperma, leche, lefa, líquido seminal, semen | |
Catalan | escorreguda, esperma, llet, semen |
Meaning | go to seed; shed seeds. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Example | "The dandelions went to seed" | |
Narrower | reseed | seed again or anew |
Broader | spill, shed, disgorge | Cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run ... / run out or over |
Spanish | granar | |
Nouns | seed | a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa |
Meaning | Help (an enterprise / enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Broader | finance | Obtain or provide money for |
Meaning | bear seeds. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Broader | bear, turn out | bring forth, "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year" |
Spanish | granar | |
Nouns | seed | a small hard fruit |
seed | a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa |
Meaning | place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "She sowed sunflower seeds" | |
Synonym | sow | |
Category | farming, agriculture, husbandry | The practice of cultivating the land or raising stock |
Narrower | broadcast | sow over a wide area, especially by hand |
inseminate, sow, sow in | place seeds in or on (the ground) | |
scatter | sow by scattering | |
Broader | put, set, place, pose, position, lay | Put into a certain place or abstract location |
Similar to | inseminate, sow, sow in | place seeds in or on (the ground) |
Spanish | sembrar | |
Catalan | sembrar | |
Nouns | seed | a small hard fruit |
seed | a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa | |
seeder | a mechanical device that sows grass seed or grain evenly over the ground |
Meaning | Distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Category | sport, athletics | An active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition |
Broader | rate, rank, range, order, grade, place | Assign a rank or rating to |
Spanish | preseleccionar | |
Catalan | preseleccionar | |
Nouns | seed | one of the outstanding players in a tournament |
Meaning | sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "seed clouds" | |
Broader | process, treat | subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition |
Nouns | seeder | a person who seeds clouds |
Meaning | inoculate with microorganisms. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Broader | inoculate | introduce a microorganism into |
Spanish | introducir | |
Catalan | sembrar |
Meaning | Remove the seeds from. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "seed grapes" | |
Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw | Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |
Spanish | granar | |
Catalan | granar | |
Nouns | seed | a small hard fruit |
seeder | a kitchen utensil that removes seeds from fruit |
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