·pl of Seed.
II. Seed ·noun Race; generation; birth.
III. Seed ·noun The principle of production.
IV. Seed ·noun The generative fluid of the male; semen; sperm;
— not used in the plural.
V. Seed ·vt To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.
VI. Seed ·noun Progeny; offspring; children; descendants; as, the seed of Abraham; the seed of David.
VII. Seed ·vt To sprinkle with seed; to plant seeds in; to Sow; as, to seed a field.
VIII. Seed ·noun That from which anything springs; first principle; original; source; as, the seeds of virtue or vice.
IX. Seed ·noun Any small seedlike fruit, though it may consist of a pericarp, or even a calyx, as well as the seed proper; as, parsnip seed; thistle seed.
X. Seed ·noun A ripened ovule, consisting of an embryo with one or more integuments, or coverings; as, an apple seed; a currant seed. By germination it produces a new plant.