seeded

Definition of Seeded in English :

Adjective

1. seeded

(of the more skilled contestants) selectively arranged in the draw for position in a tournament so that they meet each other in later rounds

2. seeded

having the seeds extracted

Example Sentences:
'seeded raisins'

3. seeded

having seeds as specified

Example Sentences:
'many-seeded'
'black-seeded'

4. seeded

having or supplied with seeds

Example Sentences:
'a seeded breadfruit'
'seeded rolls'

5. seeded, sown

sprinkled with seed

Example Sentences:
'a seeded lawn'

sown

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Seeded

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adjective

sport

(of players or teams) ranked according to ability

Only two seeded players have made it through to the semi-finals.

The top four seeded nations are through to the semi-finals.

He is seeded second in the men's singles.

He is seeded second, behind Tom Hunter.

Seeded

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n. pl. seeds or seed

a. A mature plant ovule containing an embryo.

b. A small dry fruit, spore, or other propagative plant part.

c. Seeds considered as a group: a farmer buying seed.

d. The seed-bearing stage of a plant: The grass is in seed.

a. A larval shellfish or a hatchling fish: released scallop seed in the bay.

b. An egg or cocoon of certain insects: silkworm seed.

3. Something that resembles a seed, as:

a. A tiny bubble in a piece of glass.

b. Medicine A form of a radioactive isotope that is used to localize and concentrate the amount of radiation administered to a body site, such as a tumor.

a. A source or beginning; a germ: the seed of an idea.

b. A small amount of material used to start a chemical reaction.

c. A small crystal used to start a crystallization process.

5. A cell that disperses, especially a cancer cell that spreads from a primary tumor to another location in the body.

6. Archaic

a. Offspring; progeny.

b. Family stock; ancestry.

c. Sperm; semen.

7. Sports A player who has been seeded for a tournament, often at a given rank: a top seed.

v. seed·ed, seed·ing, seeds

v.tr.

a. To plant seeds in (land, for example); sow.

b. To plant (a crop, for example) as seeds in soil.

2. To remove the seeds from (fruit).

3. To furnish with something that grows or stimulates growth or development: a bioreactor seeded with bacteria.

4. Medicine

a. To disperse to, as cancer cells: organs seeded by circulating tumor cells.

b. To disperse or transfer (cancer cells, for example): a needle biopsy that seeded cancer cells into adjacent tissue; seed stem cells onto collagen gels.

5. Meteorology To sprinkle (a cloud) with particles, as of silver iodide, in order to disperse it or to produce precipitation.

6. Sports

a. To arrange (the drawing for positions in a tournament) so that the more skilled contestants meet in the later rounds.

b. To rank (a contestant) in this way.

7. To help (a business, for example) in its early development.

v.intr.

1. To sow seed.

2. To pass into the seed-bearing stage.

3. Medicine To disperse and often multiply, as cancer cells.

adj.

1. Set aside for planting a new crop: seed corn; seed potatoes.

2. Intended to help in early stages: provided seed capital for a fledgling business.

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