| Engelsk > Engelsk |
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| seed |
| 1. n. A fertilized grain, initially encased in a fruit, which may grow into a mature plant. |
| If you plant a seed in the spring, you may have a pleasant surprise in the autumn. |
| 2. n. (botany) A fertilized ovule, containing an embryonic plant. |
| 3. n. An amount of fertilized grain that cannot be readily counted. |
| The entire field was covered with geese eating the freshly sown seed. |
| 4. n. Semen. |
| A man must use his seed to start and raise a family. |
| 5. n. A precursor. |
| the seed of an idea; which idea was the seed (idea)? |
| 6. n. The initial state, condition or position of a changing, growing or developing process; the ultimate precursor in a defined chain of precursors. |
| 7. n. The initial position of a competitor or team in a tournament. (seed position) |
| The team with the best regular season record receives the top seed in the conference tournament. |
| 8. n. The competitor or team occupying a given seed. (seed position) |
| The rookie was a surprising top seed. |
| 9. n. Initialization state of a pseudorandom number generator (PRNG). (seed number) |
| If you use the same seed you will get exactly the same pattern of numbers. |
| 10. n. Commercial message in a creative format placed on relevant sites on the Internet. (seed idea or seed message) |
| The latest seed has attracted a lot of users in our online community. |
| 11. n. (now rare) Offspring, descendants, progeny. |
| the seed of Abraham |
| 12. n. Race; generation; birth. |
| 13. v. To plant or sow an area with seeds. |
| I seeded my lawn with bluegrass. |
| 14. v. To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations. |
| 15. v. To start; to provide, assign or determine the initial resources for, position of, state of. |
| A venture capitalist seeds young companies. |
| The tournament coordinator will seed the starting lineup with the best competitors from the qualifying round. |
| The programmer seeded fresh, uncorrupted data into the database before running unit tests. |
| 16. v. (sports) To allocate a seeding to a competitor. |
| 17. v. (internet, transitive) To leave (files) available for others to download through BitTorrent. |
| 18. v. To be able to compete (especially in a quarter-final/semi-final/final). |
| The tennis player seeded into the quarters. |
| 19. v. To ejaculate inside the penetratee during intercourse, especially in the rectum. |
| Svenska > Engelsk |
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| frö |
| 1. n-n. seed; a source or beginning |
| 2. n-n. (botany) germ, seed; a fertilized grain |
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