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Moderateseeds
The correct spelling is seeds.
How to pronounce seeds
noun
IPA: /siːdz/
Say it like: See-ds
The correct spelling is seeds. A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an embryonic plant. For example: "If you plant a seed in the spring, you may have a pleasant surprise in the autumn."
Usage Examples
“If you plant a seed in the spring, you may have a pleasant surprise in the autumn.”
“The entire field was covered with geese eating the freshly sown seed.”
“A man must use his seed to start and raise a family.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an embryonic plant.
- 2.Any small seed-like fruit.
- 3.Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.
- 4.(collective) An amount of seeds that cannot be readily counted.
- 5.A fragment of coral.
verb
- 1.To plant or sow an area with seeds.
- 2.To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.
- 3.To start; to provide, assign or determine the initial resources for, position of, state of.
- 4.To allocate a seeding to a competitor.
- 5.To leave (files) available for others to download through peer-to-peer file sharing protocols (e.g. BitTorrent).
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