of plants / fruit
1 [C,U] the small hard part produced by a plant, from which a new plant can grow:
a packet of wild flower seeds * sunflower / sesame seeds * Sow the seeds outdoors in spring. * These vegetables can be grown from seed. * seed potatoes (= used for planting)
seealsoBIRDSEED
2 [C] (AmE) = PIP(2)
beginning
3 [C,usually pl.] ~ (of sth) the beginning of a feeling or a development which continues to grow:
the seeds of conflict / rebellion * This planted the seeds of doubt in my mind.
in tennis
4 [C] (especially in tennis) one of the best players in a competition. The seeds are given a position in a list to try and make sure that they do not play each other in the early parts of the competition:
The top seed won comfortably. * the number one seed
of a man
5 [U] (old-fashioned or humorous) SEMEN
6 [U] (literary) all the people who are descended from one man
IDIOMS
go / run to seed
1 (especially of a vegetable plant) to produce flowers and seeds as well as leaves:
The lettuces had all run to seed.
2 to become much less attractive or good because of lack of attention:
After his divorce, he let himself go to seed.
moreatSOWv.
词性: verb
of a plant
1 [V] to produce seeds
2 [VN] ~ itself to produce other plants using its own seeds
area of ground
3 [VN] [usuallypassive] ~ sth (with sth) to plant seeds in an area of ground:
a newly seeded lawn
in tennis
4 [VN] [usuallypassive] to make sb a seed in a competition:
He has been seeded 14th at Wimbledon next week.
