to seed
- verb
- /siːd/
- 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.
- They are no better than a human body that seeds and sprouts and dies.
Examples
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We really need to re soil and seed grass here.
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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.
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Fine, the field should be ready for seeding in a few days.
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- I seeded some, I'm growing it.
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Why don't you wait till I get that field seeded, and I'll take you?
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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 put seeds or young plants into the soil so they grow
To plant seeds in the ground so they grow
To begin producing fruit or seeds after flowering
To plant seeds in the ground so they can grow
Put seeds in the ground so they grow
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
Small seeds from sunflowers eaten as a snack, used in cooking or pressed for oil
- Specialized
A very small imperfect round bead made by an oyster and used in jewelry
- Specialized
A small bush that grows in salt marshes and has fruit with white fluffy tufts
- Specialized
A seed from Mexican shrubs that moves because a baby moth inside wiggles
- Indian
A seed from the neem tree used to make natural insect spray, plant food, and medicine
- UK
Hard shiny grey seed from a tropical tree that people use to make jewelry and decorations
- Specialized
A very small water animal like a shrimp with its whole body inside a two-part shell
- Specialized
Small dark pieces made by crushing and washing stick resin, used to make shellac
- Specialized
The part of a plant that holds the small parts that grow into new plants after flowering
A small beetle that lays eggs in seeds of plants like beans and whose young eat the seeds
A pale yellow liquid used for cooking and salads that comes from sunflower seeds
How Thorough
Surface Forms
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.