seed

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈsiːd/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/sid/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(sēd)

Inflections of 'seed' (n):
seeds
npl (All countable usages)
seed
npl (Can be used as a collective plural––e.g. "The farmhand scattered seed across the field.")

seed
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Sense: Noun: beginning
Synonyms:
beginning Collocations, start Collocations, genesis, origin Collocations, source Collocations, root Collocations, basis Collocations, inception Collocations, dawn Collocations, birth Collocations, launch Collocations, onset Collocations, outset Collocations, seedbed
Sense: Noun: offspring - archaic
Synonyms:
offspring Collocations, descendants, progeny, fruit Collocations, get Collocations, brood Collocations, spawn Collocations, children, fruit of sb's loins (literary)
Sense: Noun: semen - literary
Synonyms:
semen, sperm, cum Collocations (vulgar, slang), come Collocations (vulgar, slang), jizz (vulgar, slang), man juice (vulgar, slang), spunk (UK, vulgar, slang), ejaculate, emission, seminal fluid
Sense: Verb: sow
Synonyms:
plant Collocations, sow Collocations, plant seeds, sow seeds, scatter seed
Sense: Verb: remove seeds from
Synonyms:
deseed, destone, pit Collocations, remove the seeds from, remove the pits from, remove the pips from, remove the stone from


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