Collocations for "seed"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "seed" in context.
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seed
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [plant, pumpkin, grape, vegetable] seeds
- grow [plants] from seed
- [spread, put out] bird seed
- [sow, plant, grow] seeds
- [sow] seeds in the [winter, fall, spring]
- scatter seeds in the [pens, fields, barns]
- spit out the seeds
- [remove, discard, crush] the seeds
- sow the seeds of [love, harmony, peace]
- a packet of [sunflower, mixed, tomato] seeds
- the [decision, comment, conversation] sowed a seed of doubt
- the seeds of [change, discord, doubt, discontent]
- sport: the number [one, two, five] seed
- sexually explicit: he [released, spilled] his seed
- seed [extract, production, plants, catalog]
- seed the [field, garden]
- seeded in [fall, April]
- seeded with [dissent, fear, doubt]
- seed the [apple, pepper]
- seed and [chop, dice, cut, slice, mince, peel]
- the [team, player] was seeded [first]
- seed and [fertilize, plant, mulch]
- seed a [torrent, file]
- seed a [lake, river] (with fish)
'seed' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):