How to pronounce “seed”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (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.
• (countable, figurative) A precursor.
• (countable) The initial state, condition or position of a changing, growing or developing process; the ultimate precursor in a defined chain of precursors.
• (now rare) Offspring, descendants, progeny.
• Race; generation; birth.
• (physics) A small particle, bubble, or imperfection that serves as a nucleation point for some process.
• A small bubble formed in imperfectly fused glass.
• (US slang) A child.
• [Verb]
• (transitive) To plant or sow an area with seeds.
• (reflexive) To shed seeds (refers to plants)
• (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.
• (meteorology) To scatter small particles within (a cloud or airmass) in order to trigger the formation of rain.
• (intransitive) To produce seed.
• (intransitive) To grow to maturity.
• (slang, vulgar) To ejaculate inside the penetratee during intercourse, especially in the rectum.

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