1. A small hard fruit
   "The sunflower seeds were packed with nutrients"
    
2. A mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa
   "The sunflower seed contains all the genetic information needed to grow a new plant"
    
3. Anything that provides inspiration for later work
   "The childhood memory became the seed for her bestselling novel";
   - source, germ
    
4. One of the outstanding players in a tournament
   "As a seed, she received a bye in the first round";
   - seeded player
    
5. The thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
   "seed analysis is a common fertility test";
   - semen, seminal fluid, ejaculate, come [informal]
    
6. An initial state, precursor, or original source
   "The small protest became the seed of a nationwide movement"
    
7. (computing) an input that defines a particular sequence of pseudo-random numbers
   "They used the same seed to ensure reproducibility of the simulation results"

1. (farming) place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth
   "She sowed sunflower seeds";
   - sow
    
2. Go to seed; shed seeds
   "The dandelions went to seed"
    
3. Bear seeds
   "The flowers seeded early this year"
    
4. Remove the seeds from
   "seed grapes"
    
5. Help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money
   "The venture capitalist seeded several promising startups"
    
6. (sport) distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds
   "The tournament organizers seeded the top players"
    
7. Sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain
   "seed clouds"
    
8. Inoculate with microorganisms
   "The scientists seeded the culture medium with bacteria"

Sounds like: sect, see

Derived forms: seeded, seeds, seeding

Type of: bear, bodily fluid, body fluid, disgorge, finance, fruit, grade, humor [US], humour [Brit, Cdn], inoculate, inspiration, lay, liquid body substance, ovule, participant, place, player, pose, position, process, put, range, rank, rate, remove, set, shed, spill, take, take away, treat, turn out, withdraw

Encyclopedia: Seed, Paul