seed
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(verb) remove the seeds form, as of grapes |
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Related Words: remove, take, take away |
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(verb) inoculate with microorganisms |
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Related Words: innoculate, inoculate |
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(verb) distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds; as of a tennis or golf player |
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Related Words: grade, order, place, range, rank, rate |
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(verb) go to seed; shed seeds; "The dandelions went to seed" |
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Related Words: disgorge, reseed, shed, spill |
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(verb) bear seeds |
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Related Words: bear, turn out |
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(noun) a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa |
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Related Words: ovule |
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(noun) a small hard fruit |
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Related Words: Job's tears, Mexican jumping bean, apple nut, ash-key, babassu nut, bean, bonduc nut, buckeye, caryopsis, coffee, coffee bean, coffee berry, cohune nut, conker, coquilla nut, edible seed, fruit, grain, horse chestnut, ivory nut, jumping bean, jumping seed, neem seed, nicker nut, nicker seed, nut, oilseed, pit, safflower seed, stone, vegetable ivory |
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(noun) the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract |
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Synonyms: ejaculate, semen, seminal fluid |
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Related Words: bodily fluid, body fluid, liquid body substance, milt |
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(noun) anything that provides inspiration for later work |
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Synonyms: germ, source |
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Related Words: inspiration, muse |
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(noun) one of the outstanding players in a tournament |
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Synonyms: seeded player |
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Related Words: participant, player |
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(verb) place (seeds) in the ground for future growth; "She sowed sunflower seeds" |
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Synonyms: sough, sow |
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Related Words: inseminate, lay, place, pose, position, put, scatter, set, sow, sow in |
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