to seed
- verb
- /siːd/
- So what I'm doing in there is I'm, I'm seeding doubt in their mind.
- seed with funding
- seed cultures
- seed with cells
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Watch on YouTubeYou're telling me we can seed rain clouds in Dubai?
- You're telling me we can seed rain clouds in Dubai?
- What's the worst that could happen if we seed another planet with life?
- So what I'm doing in there is I'm, I'm seeding doubt in their mind.
- What they've theoretically done is they've seeded a first party data pass to consumers at scale.
- I triple dare you to seed into your wife what you need.
- At this point, YouTube itself had a small grant to seed starting new educational channels.
Examples
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We would conquer the distantmost reaches of the unknown; we would seed ourselves in its glories.
Fiction book (1993) -
At this point, YouTube itself had a small grant to seed starting new educational channels.
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Get the money to seed our dreams.
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A foundation that seeds entrepreneurial women.
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IBOY's scientific meetings and publications have raised interdisciplinary awareness and seeded new local and global partnerships.
Academic text (2002) -
The scholarship was designed to seed innovative projects in local communities.
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They decided to seed the new initiative with a small amount of funding at first.
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To enhance the project, we will seed it with necessary resources and support.
Synonyms
To put seeds or young plants into the soil so they grow
To cause a small action now that brings bigger effects later
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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
A pale yellow liquid used for cooking and salads that comes from sunflower seeds
- Specialized
The part of a plant that holds the small parts that grow into new plants after flowering
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A small bush that grows in salt marshes and has fruit with white fluffy tufts
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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
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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
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Etymology
In science and technology, to seed something means to add a small amount that will grow or spread, like putting a seed into soil to start growth, so the word keeps the idea of beginning a process.