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birth
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: bûth, IPA(key): /b???/, verb also: IPA(key): /b??ð/
- (US) enPR: bûrth, IPA(key): /b??/, verb also: IPA(key): /b?ð/
- Rhymes: -??(?)?
- Homophone: berth
Etymology 1
From Middle English birthe (1250), from earlier burthe, burde, from Old Norse burðr, byrd (Old Swedish byrth, Swedish börd), replacing Old English ?ebyrd (rare variant byrþ), equivalent to bear +? -th (compare also berth). The Old Norse is from Proto-Germanic *burdiz (compare Old Frisian berde, berd); Old English ?ebyrd is from prefixed *gaburþiz (compare Dutch geboorte, German Geburt), from Proto-Indo-European *b?r?tis (compare Latin fors (“luck”), Old Irish brith), from *b?er- (“to carry, bear”). More at bear.
Noun
birth (countable and uncountable, plural births)
- (uncountable) The process of childbearing; the beginning of life.
- (countable) An instance of childbirth.
- (countable) A beginning or start; a point of origin.
- (uncountable) The circumstances of one's background, ancestry, or upbringing.
- That which is born.
- Misspelling of berth.
Antonyms
- (beginning of life): death
Translations
Adjective
birth (not comparable)
- A familial relationship established by childbirth.
- Her birth father left when she was a baby; she was raised by her mother and stepfather.
Synonyms
- biological, blood, consanguineous
Etymology 2
From Middle English birthen, birðen, from the noun (see above).
Verb
birth (third-person singular simple present births, present participle birthing, simple past and past participle birthed)
- (dated or regional) To bear or give birth to (a child).
- (figuratively) To produce, give rise to.
Usage notes
- The term give birth (to) is much more common, especially in literal use.
Related terms
- bear
- born
Translations
Derived terms
References
Albanian
Etymology 1
From birë (“hole”).
Noun
birth m (indefinite plural birthe, definite singular birthi, definite plural birthat)
- pimple, blemish
Related terms
- birë
Etymology 2
Diminutive -th lengthening of bir (“son”).
Noun
birth m (indefinite plural birthe, definite singular birthi, definite plural birthat)
- son, little boy
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seed
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, US) enPR: s?d, IPA(key): /si?d/
- Rhymes: -i?d
- Homophones: cede, sede
Etymology 1
From Middle English seed, sede, side, from Old English s?d, s?d (“seed, that which is sown”), from Proto-Germanic *s?diz (“seed”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh?tis (corresponding to Proto-Germanic *s?an? (“to sow”) + *-þiz), from *seh?- (“to sow, throw”). Cognate with West Frisian sied (“seed”), Dutch zaad (“seed”), Low German Saad (“seed”), German Saat (“sowing; seed”), Icelandic sæði (“seed”), Danish sæd (“seed”), Swedish säd (“seed”), Latin satio (“seeding, time of sowing, season”). More at sow.
Alternative forms
- sede (obsolete)
Noun
seed (countable and uncountable, plural seeds)
- (countable, botany) A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an embryonic plant.
- (countable) Any small seed-like fruit.
- (countable, agriculture) Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.
- (uncountable, collective) An amount of seeds that cannot be readily counted.
- (countable) A fragment of coral.
- (uncountable) Semen.
- 1611, King James Version, Leviticus 15:16:
- And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.
- 1611, King James Version, Leviticus 15:16:
- (countable, figuratively) A precursor.
- Synonym: germ
- (countable) The initial state, condition or position of a changing, growing or developing process; the ultimate precursor in a defined chain of precursors.
- The initial position of a competitor or team in a tournament. (seed position)
- The team with the best regular season record receives the top seed in the conference tournament.
- The competitor or team occupying a given seed. (seed position)
- The rookie was a surprising top seed.
- Initialization state of a pseudorandom number generator (PRNG). (seed number)
- If you use the same seed you will get exactly the same pattern of numbers.
- Commercial message in a creative format placed on relevant sites on the Internet. (seed idea or seed message)
- The latest seed has attracted a lot of users in our online community.
- The initial position of a competitor or team in a tournament. (seed position)
- (now rare) Offspring, descendants, progeny.
- the seed of Abraham
- Race; generation; birth.
- a. 1687, Edmund Waller, To Zelinda
- Of mortal seed they were not held.
- a. 1687, Edmund Waller, To Zelinda
- A small bubble formed in imperfectly fused glass.
Usage notes
- 1-3
The common use of seed differs from the botanical use. The “seeds” of sunflowers are botanically fruits.
Hyponyms
- crack seed
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
seed (third-person singular simple present seeds, present participle seeding, simple past and past participle seeded)
- (transitive) To plant or sow an area with seeds.
- (transitive) To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.
- (transitive) To start; to provide, assign or determine the initial resources for, position of, state of.
- (sports, gaming) To allocate a seeding to a competitor.
- (Internet, transitive) To leave (files) available for others to download through peer-to-peer file sharing protocols (e.g. BitTorrent).
- (intransitive) To be qualified to compete, especially in a quarter-final, semi-final, or final.
- (intransitive) To produce seed.
- (intransitive) To grow to maturity.
- (slang, vulgar) To ejaculate inside the penetratee during intercourse, especially in the rectum.
Derived terms
- overseed
- self-seed
Translations
Etymology 2
see +? -d (“past tense suffix; variant of -ed”).
Verb
seed
- (dialectal) simple past tense and past participle of see
Anagrams
- EDES, dees, dese, sede
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