SEED


Meaning of SEED in English

n. 25B6; noun

sow the seeds in trays or pots : pip, stone, kernel; ovule.

each war contains within it the seeds of a fresh war : GENESIS, source, origin, root, starting point, germ, beginnings, potential (for); cause, reason, motivation, motive, grounds.

(archaic) Abraham and his seed : DESCENDANTS, heirs, successors, scions; offspring, children, sons and daughters, progeny, family; Law issue; derogatory spawn; archaic fruit of someone's loins.

seminal.

25A0; go/run to seed DETERIORATE, degenerate, decline, decay, fall into decay, go to rack and ruin, go downhill, moulder, rot; informal go to pot, go to the dogs, go down the toilet.

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