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seeds

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A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an embryonic plant.

Examples :

"The farmer planted the seeds in the spring, hoping they would grow into strong plants. "

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Any small seed-like fruit.

Examples :

"If you plant a seed in the spring, you may have a pleasant surprise in the autumn."

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Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.

Examples :

"The farmer planted potato seeds in the spring. "

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(collective) An amount of seeds that cannot be readily counted.

Examples :

"The entire field was covered with geese eating the freshly sown seed."

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A fragment of coral.

Examples :

"After the storm, many small seeds of coral were scattered on the beach. "

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Examples :

"A man must use his seed to start and raise a family."

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Examples :

"the seed of an idea; which idea was the seed (idea)?"

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The initial state, condition or position of a changing, growing or developing process; the ultimate precursor in a defined chain of precursors.

Examples :

"The small group discussion in class planted the seeds of a much larger, semester-long research project. "

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Offspring, descendants, progeny.

Examples :

"the seed of Abraham"

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Race; generation; birth.

Examples :

""From noble seeds, a just and wise leader rose to power." "

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A small bubble formed in imperfectly fused glass.

Examples :

"The glassblower carefully inspected the vase for any seeds that would weaken the finished piece. "

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verb

To plant or sow an area with seeds.

Examples :

"I seeded my lawn with bluegrass."

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To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.

Examples :

"The artist will seed the blue background with tiny white dots to create a starry night. "

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To start; to provide, assign or determine the initial resources for, position of, state of.

Examples :

"A venture capitalist seeds young companies."

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To allocate a seeding to a competitor.

Examples :

"The tournament committee will seed the top-ranked players in the bracket to ensure they don't play each other in the early rounds. "

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To leave (files) available for others to download through peer-to-peer file sharing protocols (e.g. BitTorrent).

Examples :

"The student seeded the large project file so his classmates could download it for their research project. "

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To be qualified to compete, especially in a quarter-final, semi-final or final.

Examples :

"The tennis player seeded into the quarters."

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To produce seed.

Examples :

"The farmer hopes his best corn will seed well this year so he can harvest a lot of new corn. "

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To grow to maturity.

Examples :

"The young apple tree needs time to seed, so we won't have fruit for a few years. "

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To ejaculate inside the penetratee during intercourse, especially in the rectum.

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