seed

1. 1.

   a small hard fruit

   Broaderfruit

   Narroweredible seedcoffee beanpipbonduc nutJob's tearsoilseedsafflower seedgrainash-keycoquilla nut

   Partskernel
2. 2.

   a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa

   Broaderovule

   Partstestaendospermpericarp
3. 3.

   one of the outstanding players in a tournament

   Synonymsseeded player

   Broaderplayer
4. 4.

   anything that provides inspiration for later work

   Synonymssourcegerm

   Broaderinspiration

   Narrowertaprootmuse
5. 5.

   the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

   Synonymssemenseminal fluidejaculatecumcome

   Broaderliquid body substance

   Narrowermilt

   Partssperm

Other forms of seed

plural

seeds·

past tense

seeded·

present participle

seeding·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about seed

What does seed mean?

seed means "go to seed; shed seeds". That is the primary sense; the word has 13 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in seed?

seed has 1 syllable: seed. In IPA it is /ˈsid/.

What is another word for seed?

Close synonyms include sow, seeded player, source, germ, semen. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is seed a common word?

seed is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with seed?

19 words rhyme with seed. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.