seed
Từ điển Collocation
seed noun
1 from which a plant grows
ADJ. grass, poppy, etc. | bird
QUANT. packet
VERB + SEED plant, sow | produce, set This tree produces very hard seeds. The plant will set seed in June. | grow/raise sth from She grew all the broccoli plants from seed. | spread Most seeds are spread by the wind. | go/run to Allow some of the plants to run to seed, and save the seed for next year.
SEED + VERB germinate, grow, sprout
SEED + NOUN head, pod | packet, tray | bank, catalogue, merchant | cake | corn, potato
PHRASES a variety of seeds The catalogue has hundreds of different varieties of seeds.
2 player in a sports competition
ADJ. first, second, etc. | number one, number two, etc. | top Venus Williams was the top seed at Wimbledon this year.
Từ điển WordNet
n.
- a small hard fruit
- a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa
- one of the outstanding players in a tournament; seeded player
- anything that provides inspiration for later work; source, germ
- the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract; semen, seminal fluid, ejaculate, cum, come
Microsoft Computer Dictionary
n. A starting value used in generating a sequence of random or pseudorandom numbers. See also random number generation.
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
seeds|seeded|seeding
syn.: come cum ejaculate germ seeded player semen seminal fluid sough source sow