seed
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a small hard fruit
Types & categories
- fruit hypernym
- edible seed hyponym
- coffee bean hyponym
- pip hyponym
- bonduc nut hyponym
- Job's tears hyponym
- oilseed hyponym
- safflower seed hyponym
- caryopsis hyponym
- ash-key hyponym
- coquilla nut hyponym
- babassu nut hyponym
- cohune nut hyponym
- ivory nut hyponym
- neem seed hyponym
- buckeye hyponym
- jumping bean hyponym
- bean hyponym
- nut hyponym
Parts & wholes
- kernel part meronym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
go to seed; shed seeds
The dandelions went to seed
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- seed derivation
Sense 3 noun
a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa
Types & categories
- ovule hypernym
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money
Types & categories
- finance hypernym
Sense 5 noun
one of the outstanding players in a tournament
Types & categories
- player hypernym
Related & opposite
- seed derivation
Sense 6 verb
bear seeds
Types & categories
- bear hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 7 noun
anything that provides inspiration for later work
Types & categories
- inspiration hypernym
- taproot hyponym
- muse hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 8 verb
place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth
She sowed sunflower seeds
Types & categories
- put hypernym
- broadcast hyponym
- inseminate hyponym
- scatter hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 9 noun
the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
Types & categories
- liquid body substance hypernym
- milt hyponym
Parts & wholes
- sperm part meronym
Related & opposite
- inseminate derivation
- ejaculate derivation
Sense 10 verb
distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds
Types & categories
- grade hypernym
Related & opposite
- seeded player derivation
- sport domain topic
Sense 11 verb
sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain
seed clouds
Types & categories
- process hypernym
Related & opposite
- seeder derivation
Sense 12 verb
inoculate with microorganisms
Types & categories
- inoculate hypernym
Sense 13 verb
remove the seeds from
seed grapes
Types & categories
- remove hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | seed |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sow |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | seed |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | seedy |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | kernel |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | fruit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | edible seed |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | coffee bean |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pip |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bonduc nut |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Job's tears |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | oilseed |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | safflower seed |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | caryopsis |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ash-key |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | coquilla nut |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | babassu nut |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cohune nut |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ivory nut |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | neem seed |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | buckeye |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | jumping bean |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bean |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nut |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | seed |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | disgorge |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | reseed |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sow |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | seed |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | seed |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | testa |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | endosperm |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | pericarp |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | ovule |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | finance |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | seed |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | player |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | seed |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | seed |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | bear |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | evolve |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | germinal |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | inspiration |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | taproot |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | muse |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | seeder |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | sower |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | seed |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | seed |
| 8 | domain topic | Related & opposite | farming |
| 8 | verb group | Related & opposite | inseminate |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | put |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | broadcast |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | inseminate |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | scatter |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | inseminate |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | ejaculate |
| 9 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | sperm |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | liquid body substance |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | milt |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | seeded player |
| 10 | domain topic | Related & opposite | sport |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | grade |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | seeder |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | process |
| 12 | hypernym | Types & categories | inoculate |
| 13 | derivation | Related & opposite | seeder |
| 13 | derivation | Related & opposite | seed |
| 13 | hypernym | Types & categories | remove |