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to seed

9 1.3
To put seeds in the ground to grow plants
  • verb
  • /siːd/
: sembrar
  • And the land is seeded again, and everything's done.
  • seeded with grass
  • seed gardens

They are no better than a human body that seeds and sprouts and dies.

Examples

  • We really need to re soil and seed grass here.

  • There he seeded tiny clams the previous November, hoping they'd soon grow to market size.

    Academic text (2006)
  • We're going to plant our seeds, one seed every half inch.

  • Fine, the field should be ready for seeding in a few days.

  • - I seeded some, I'm growing it.

  • Why don't you wait till I get that field seeded, and I'll take you?

  • We also seeded dryland grass in the desert to keep the soil from blowing away.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Most of the lawns were newly seeded and landscaped with small dogwoods and fruit trees.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • In Manitoba, one representative farmer, Abram Reimer, seeded 30 acres of wheat, 7 acres of barley, and 14 acres of oats in 1879.

    Academic text (1992)
  • In the spring, we plan to seed the garden with a variety of flowers and vegetables.

Synonyms

to plant
vsto seed
327 1.0

To put seeds or young plants into the soil so they grow

also covers the sense of a living organism producing offspring
to sow
vsto seed
20 1.8

To plant seeds in the ground so they grow

also means a living organism producing and releasing offspring
to sow seed
vsto seed
14 2.2

To plant seeds in the ground so they can grow

also means a living organism producing and releasing offspring
to set
vsto seed
  • Specialized
2 4.9

To begin producing fruit or seeds after flowering

also refers to putting reproductive material into soil to make growth
to inseminate
vsto seed
1 8.2

Put seeds in the ground so they grow

is broader, also meaning a living organism producing offspring

Idioms

1 5.9

To make someone begin to feel unsure about something

Use saved resources now in a way that harms future success

Phrasal Verbs

14 2.2

To plant seeds in the ground so they can grow

to go to seed
  • Informal
4 7.3

To become untidy and overgrown and lose quality

Compounds

Small seeds from sunflowers eaten as a snack, used in cooking or pressed for oil

11 3.6

Money given at the start to help a new business get started

11 1.0

Small oval seeds from a plant used in cooking and to make oil

8 1.8

Small grey seeds from a garden flower used in baking and cooking

7 1.3

A small part inside a pumpkin that you can eat as a snack

mustard seed
  • Literature
4 4.1

A very small idea or amount that can grow into something much larger

4 2.2

A small round seed from a plant used whole or ground to make a spicy sauce

4 3.6

Small aromatic seeds used to add flavor to food and drinks

2 3.4

A small brown seed used to give a warm, slightly spicy flavor to bread and food

2 2.4

A small brown seed that adds a warm, slightly bitter taste to food

2 3.1

An edible seed from the cannabis plant used as food or in cooking

seed corn
  • Specialized
2 4.1

Kernels of corn kept for planting the next crop

Dried seeds of the coriander plant used as a spice

seed stock
  • Specialized
1 3.6

Seeds or tubers that farmers keep to plant next year's crops

1 3.0

A book or list that shows seeds for sale with descriptions and prices

1 4.5

A small seed with a sweet licorice taste that people use to flavor food and drinks

1 2.3

Small seeds from the celery plant used to add flavor to food

1 6.7

Money or goods kept for use later to help future growth

1 3.5

A sweet cake with seeds like caraway and a little lemon

seed pearl
  • Specialized
1 6.5

A very small imperfect round bead made by an oyster and used in jewelry

1 3.2

A plant that makes seeds to grow new plants

Small seeds with a strong smell used to add flavor to curry and other dishes

fern seed
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A tiny spore from a fern, once thought to make you invisible

seed grain
  • Specialized
1 3.4

Kernels of crops like corn that farmers keep to plant next season

A pale yellow liquid used for cooking and salads that comes from sunflower seeds

1 2.1

A small part of a plant that you can eat and use in cooking

1 3.0

A small brown seed from the dill plant used to add flavor to food

seed coat
  • Specialized
1 3.6

An outer covering of a seed that protects the young plant inside

seed fern
  • Specialized
1 9.9

Plants that looked like ferns but made seeds long ago

1 2.0

A person or shop that sells seeds for planting

A small hard seed from the safflower plant used for bird food and to make oil

1 2.8

A shallow container for planting seeds and growing young plants

seed oyster
  • Specialized
1 6.7

A small oyster that people move to an oyster bed to grow

1 7.5

A small insect that eats the seeds of plants like beans or peas

seed leaf
  • Specialized
1 5.5

First leaf or pair of leaves inside a seed that feed the young plant

seed cleaner
  • Specialized
1 4.5

A machine that removes dirt and broken seeds before storage

A seed that contains a lot of oil used to make cooking oil and other oils

1 5.3

A mix of seeds fed to small pet birds like canaries and finches

silkworm seed
  • Specialized
1 7.6

Eggs of the insect that makes silk, used to start silk farming

A container used to grow edible shoots from seeds like bean sprouts

seed vessel
  • Specialized
1 5.2

The part of a plant that holds the small parts that grow into new plants after flowering

Bread made with caraway seeds that give it a warm, strong flavor

cotton-seed tree
  • Specialized
9.5

A small bush that grows in salt marshes and has fruit with white fluffy tufts

drop-seed
  • Specialized
9.4

A grass with very small seeds that fall off easily

jumping seed
  • Specialized
9.9

A seed from Mexican shrubs that moves because a baby moth inside wiggles

neem seed
  • Indian
7.3

A seed from the neem tree used to make natural insect spray, plant food, and medicine

9.9

Hard shiny grey seed from a tropical tree that people use to make jewelry and decorations

seed shrimp
  • Specialized
7.9

A very small water animal like a shrimp with its whole body inside a two-part shell

seed lac
  • Specialized
9.9

Small dark pieces made by crushing and washing stick resin, used to make shellac

A small beetle that lays eggs in seeds of plants like beans and whose young eat the seeds

How Thorough

to plant
327 1.0
to seed
9 1.3
to broadcast
  • Specialized
1 4.5

Surface Forms

seed infinitive
seeded past
seeded past participle
seeding present participle
seeds third person singular

Etymology

The verb seed comes from the noun seed and means to put seeds into the ground, so to seed a field is to plant the things that will grow into crops.