seed

one who provides the files to others to download through peer-to-peer file sharing protocols (e.g. BitTorrent)

file(s) that are available for download through peer-to-peer file sharing protocols (e.g. BitTorrent)

serial number or code of Japanese adult videos


seed

(countable, botany) A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an embryonic plant.

The exiguity and ſmallneſſe of ſome ſeeds extending to large productions is one of the magnalities of nature, ſomewhat illuſtrating the work of the Creation, and vaſt production from nothing.

1658, Thomas Browne, “The Garden of Cyrus. […]. Chapter III.”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC, page 136:

Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, […]. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better. These rarities may be new mutations, or they can be existing ones that are neutral—or are even selected against—in a wild population. A good example is mutations that disrupt seed dispersal, leaving the seeds on the heads long after they are ripe.

2013 May-June, David Van Tassel, Lee DeHaan, “Wild Plants to the Rescue”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:

If you plant a seed in the spring, you may have a pleasant surprise in the autumn.

[…] for hungry birds have devoured ſeeds, and having moiſtened and warmed them in their bellies, a little after have dunged in the forky twiſtes of Trees, and together with their dung excluded the ſeed whole which erſt they had ſwallowed: and ſometimes it brings forth there where they dung it, […]

1669, John Baptiſta Porta, chapter V, in Natural Magick, The Third Book Of Natural Magick: […] , page 68:

(countable, agriculture) Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.

The entire field was covered with geese eating the freshly sown seed.

(uncountable, collective) An amount of seeds that cannot be readily counted.

A man must use his seed to start and raise a family.

And if any mans seede of copulation goe out from him, then hee shall wash all his flesh in water, and bee vncleane vntill the Euen.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Leviticus 15:16:

the seed of an idea

Which idea was the seed (idea)?

The team with the best regular season record receives the top seed in the conference tournament.

(countable) The initial state, condition or position of a changing, growing or developing process; the ultimate precursor in a defined chain of precursors.

(sports) The initial position of a competitor or team in a tournament. (seed position)

The rookie was a surprising top seed.

The competitor or team occupying a given seed. (seed position)

If you use the same seed you will get exactly the same pattern of numbers.

As suggested in [3], space can be saved by using a deterministic pseudo random number generator (PRNG) and storing only the seed of that PRNG.

2009, Daniel J. Bernstein, Johannes Buchmann, Erik Dahmen, editors, Post-Quantum Cryptography, Springer, →ISBN, page 44:

Seeds are Minecraft's way of generating terrain. Each biome you spawn in is determined by the seed. With a custom seed, you can have a desert biome right next to a mesa biome.

2015, Jesse Stay, Thomas Stay, Jacob Cordeiro, Minecraft For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 242:

pseudorandom number generator
pseudorandom number generator

(cryptography) The initialization state of a pseudorandom number generator or similar system. (seed number)

The latest seed has attracted a lot of users in our online community.

(Internet marketing) A commercial message in a creative format placed on relevant sites on the Internet. (seed idea or seed message)

the seed of Abraham

Next him king Leyr in happie peace long raind, / But had no issue male him to succeed, / But three faire daughters, which were well vptraind, / In all that seemed fit for kingly seed […]

1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

(now rare) Offspring, descendants, progeny.

Of mortal seed they were not held.

(physics) A small particle, bubble, or imperfection that serves as a nucleation point for some process.

A small bubble formed in imperfectly fused glass.

en-noun

seed (countable and uncountable, plural seeds)

siemen

agriculture: any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown

посев

collective: amount of seeds that cannot be readily counted

alkutilanne

initial state, condition or position of a process

tête de série

initial position of a competitor in a tournament

ܙܪܥܐ

offspring, descendants, progeny — see also offspring, progeny

From Middle English seed, sede, side, from Old English sēd, sǣd (“seed, that which is sown”), from Proto-West Germanic *sād, from Proto-Germanic *sēdą, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow, throw”).
Cognate with West Frisian sied (“seed”), Dutch zaad (“seed”), Low German Saad (“seed”), German Saat (“sowing; seed”), Icelandic sæði (“seed”), Danish sæd (“seed”), Swedish säd (“seed”), Latin satiō (“seeding, time of sowing, season”). More at sow.


seed

I seeded my lawn with bluegrass.

(transitive) To plant or sow an area with seeds.

AGRYPNIA, or Vigilance, in yellow, a ſable mantle ſeeded with waking eyes, and ſiluer fringe: […]

1604 March 25 (first performance; Gregorian calendar; published 1604), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Part of the Kings Entertainment in Passing to His Coronation [The Coronation Triumph]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, page 846:

(transitive) To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.

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.

(transitive) To start; to provide, assign or determine the initial resources for, position of, state of.

Everybody likes to second‐guess computers, including who seed the pros. Nothing could have better exposed the vulnerability of the computer seeding than the spectacle of clay‐court experts looking like weekend hackers on grass.

1979 July 2, “Reflection on the Seedings Fills Pause at Wimbledon”, in The New York Times:

(sports, gaming) To allocate a seeding to a competitor.

(Internet, transitive) To leave (files) available for others to download through peer-to-peer file sharing protocols (e.g. BitTorrent).

The tennis player seeded into the quarters.

(intransitive) To be qualified to compete, especially in a quarter-final, semi-final, or final.

A number of clouds were seeded to help provide rain to a drought-stricken area.

(meteorology) To scatter small particles within (a cloud or airmass) in order to trigger the formation of rain.

(slang, vulgar) To ejaculate inside the penetratee during intercourse, especially in the rectum.

en-verb

seed (third-person singular simple present seeds, present participle seeding, simple past and past participle seeded)

seeds (present singular third-person)
seeding (participle present)
seeded (participle past)
seeded (past)


seed

Presently a rioting noise was heard without. Starting up, the landlord cried, "That's the Grampus's crew. I seed her reported in the offing this morning; a three years' voyage, and a full ship. Hurrah, boys; now we'll have the latest news from the Feegees."

1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 3, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 15:

(dialectal) simple past and past participle of see

From see + -d (“past tense suffix; variant of -ed”).


seed

seed (ovule or analogous structure):
A kind or variety of seed.

seed (ovule or analogous structure):
(collectively) seed, grain

seed (ovule or analogous structure):
seed, grain

An oþer parable iheſus puttide foꝛþ to hem. / ⁊ ſeide / þe kyngdom of heuenes is lijk to a coꝛn of ſeneuey · which a man took ⁊ ſewe in his feeld · / which is þe leeſt of alle ſeedis / but whanne it haþ woxen .· it is the mooſt of alle woꝛtis · ⁊ is maad a tre / ſo þe bꝛiddis of þe eir comen ⁊ dwellen in þe bowis þerof.

c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Matheu 13:31-32, page 6v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

Jesus put another parable forwards to them, saying: "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed that a person took and sowed in their field; / it is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown, it is the largest of all plants; it becomes a tree, so the birds of the air come and nest in its branches."

semen, sperm (or the supposed female equivalent)

English: seed

Scots: seed, seid, sid

Yola: zeade

From Old English sǣd, sēd, from Proto-West Germanic *sād, *sādi, from Proto-Germanic *sēdiz, *sēdą, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (compare sowen).