I.
noun
1 from which a plant grows
ADJECTIVE
▪ grass , mustard , poppy , sesame , etc.
▪ bird (usually birdseed )
▪ bad ( AmE , figurative )
▪
the transformation of Tracy from good girl to bad ~
… OF SEEDS
▪ packet
VERB + SEED
▪ plant , sow
▪ produce , set
▪
This tree produces very hard ~s.
▪
The plant will set ~ in June.
▪ grow sth from , raise sth from
▪
She grew all the plants from ~.
▪ disperse , spread
▪
Most ~s are spread by the wind.
▪ go to , run to
▪
Cutting weeds before they go to ~ will greatly reduce future weed problems.
▪ contain
▪
Each fruit usually contains a single ~.
▪
He argued that capitalism contained the ~s of its own destruction. ( figurative )
▪ remove
▪
Peel the peppers and remove the ~s.
SEED + VERB
▪ germinate , grow , sprout
SEED + NOUN
▪ head , pod
▪ packet , tray
▪ bank , catalogue , merchant ( esp. BrE )
▪ corn , potato
▪ money
PHRASES
▪ a variety of ~s
▪
The catalogue has hundreds of different varieties of ~s.
2 player in a sports competition
ADJECTIVE
▪ first , second , etc.
▪ number-one , number-two , etc.
▪ top
▪
She was the top ~ at the US Open this year.
II.
verb
Seed is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ cloud