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The bean seed opened as its root began to grow.
What does Seed mean?
A seed can grow into a plant, begin a larger development, or name a competitor’s ranking; to seed means to sow, remove seeds, or rank.
Dictionary definition
A plant structure containing an embryo that can grow into a new plant; a small beginning or source; or a ranking used to place competitors. As a verb, to sow seeds, remove seeds, begin growth, or rank competitors.
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Seed in a sentence
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Her question planted the seed of a new project.
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The top-seeded player faced the eighth seed after we seeded the tournament.
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What is inside a biological seed?
A mature seed contains an embryo and structures that protect or nourish it.
Practice 2
Which sentence uses seed as a ranking?
In competition, a seed is a ranking used to arrange a tournament.
Practice 3
Water uptake can begin seed ____.
Germination is the resumption of growth by the embryo.
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MeaningSeed means A seed can grow into a plant, begin a larger development, or name a competitor’s ranking; to seed means to sow, remove seeds, or rank.
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Synonyms
Words like Seed
plant embryo packageA learner paraphrase for the biological sense, though a seed also includes protective and stored-food tissues.
beginningA close word for the figurative source sense only.
sowA close verb when seed means scatter or place seeds.
rankingA close word for the competition sense.
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Does Seed have an opposite?
Seed has no precise general antonym. The learner guidance identifies useful contextual contrasts without presenting them as lexical opposites.
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Word family
Seed word family
Base word
seed
noun
seeds
The plural noun or present-tense verb.
verb
seeded
Sowed, removed seeds from, or ranked.
noun
seeding
The act of sowing or assigning competitive rankings.
noun
seedling
A young plant grown from a seed.
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Hint for students
Context tells whether seed is a plant structure, a beginning, a ranking, or an action such as sowing or removing seeds.
Common mix-up
A mature plant is a later life stage, not an antonym of seed. Kernel and grain overlap only in certain plant or food contexts.
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Make a four-panel sequence from seed to seedling, then add two non-plant examples: seed of an idea and tournament seed. Caption every meaning.
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Compare a sunflower seed, the seed of an idea, and a tournament seed. Ask how the shared idea of a starting position connects the meanings.
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