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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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dika
English
Etymology
Native West African name.
Noun
dika (uncountable)
- A West African food made from the almond-like seeds of Irvingia gabonensis.
Anagrams
- kadi, kaid
Esperanto
Etymology
From German dick.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?dika/
- Hyphenation: di?ka
- Rhymes: -ika
Adjective
dika (accusative singular dikan, plural dikaj, accusative plural dikajn)
- thick
- fat
Antonyms
- maldika
Ido
Etymology
From Esperanto dika, from English thick, German dick, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þekuz, from Proto-Indo-European *tegus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?di.ka/
Adjective
dika
- thick
Antonyms
- dina
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Perhaps Latin (bene)dicti? (“blessing”), from the language of Church liturgy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??ka/
- Hyphenation: di?ka
Noun
díka f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)
- pride
- fame, glory, honor
- (obsolete) darling
Declension
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?ka/
- Hyphenation: di?ka
Noun
dìka f (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- Alternative form of dìkka
Declension
Etymology 3
From a Bantu language.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dîka/
- Hyphenation: di?ka
Noun
d?ka f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)
- dika (African food made from the almond-like seeds of the Irvingia gabonensis syn. Irvingia barteri)
Declension
References
- “dika” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
- “dika” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
- “dika” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
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