0 a small, round or oval object produced by a plant and from which, when it is planted, a new plant can grow:
1 the cause of a feeling or situation, or the early stages of it:
From these early seeds of their friendship, they grew into lifelong companions.
He may be sowing the seeds of his own destruction in the long term by using violence against his own people.
2 especially in tennis, a good player who is given a place on the list of those expected to win games in a particular competition because of the way they have played in the past:
Turner's opponent in the quarter-finals is the number one seed.
3 to produce seeds:
5 to make a player a seed:
6 to spread substances such as certain chemicals in clouds, in order to try to make them produce rain, or more rain:
7 a small, usually hard part of a plant from which a new plant can grow
9 any of the players or teams ranked among the best in a particular competition
11 money used to start a new company, business, activity, etc. as an investment:
seed capital/funding/money The conference is aimed at entrepreneurs looking for seed capital for new business ventures.
12 to provide money to start a new company, business, etc. as an investment:
Sow the seeds in pots.
caraway seeds
How many seeds are there in a packet?
They claimed to produce on average 30 percent more rain from the individual clouds they seeded.
The city of Shanghai is even considering seeding clouds on the summer's hottest days to induce cooling rain showers.
Policy-makers believe there will be more pressure to seed the clouds, but they want proof that it works and that there won't be harmful results.
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