seed

  1. Noun.  (countable) A fertilized grain, initially encased in a fruit, which may grow into a mature plant.
  2. Noun.  (context, countable) A fertilized ovule, containing an embryonic plant.
  3. Noun.  (uncountable) An amount of fertilized grain that cannot be readily counted.
  4. Noun.  (uncountable) Semen.
  5. Noun.  (countable) A precursor.
  6. Noun.  (countable) The initial state, condition or position of a changing, growing or developing process; the ultimate precusor in a defined chain of precusors.
  7. Noun.  (context, now) Offspring, descendants, progeny.
  8. Verb.  (transitive) To plant or sow an area with seeds.
  9. Verb.  (transitive) To start; to provide, assign or determine the initial resources for, position of, state of.
  10. Verb.  (sports, games) To allocate a seeding to a competitor.
  11. Verb.  To be able to compete (especially in a quarter-final/semi-final/final).
  12. Verb.  To ejaculate inside the penetratee during intercourse, especially in the rectum.

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