seed
/siːd/noun
उच्चारण सीड
बीज; मूल, शुरुआत
Basic word
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[C, U]
the small hard part produced by a plant, from which a new plant can grow; the beginning of a feeling or a development; (in sport) a player who is ranked as one of the best in a tournament
बीज; मूल, शुरुआत
- mustard seeds
- the seeds of doubt
- the top seed
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- Sow the seeds in March, before the rains begin.
- Sunflower seeds are a healthy snack.
- The seed of the idea came from a chance remark.
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[T, I]
to plant seeds in an area of ground; (in sport) to rank a player in a tournament
बीज बोना; वरीयता देना
- She was seeded first.
- Farmers seeded the field after the first rain.
- Nadal was seeded second at the tournament.
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- The lawn was seeded in spring and grew thick by June.
◇Word family
?Which word?
Homophones: seed (of a plant) and cede (give up land or power: 'cede territory') are both pronounced /siːd/.
Homophones: seed (बीज) और cede (भूमि या सत्ता छोड़ना: 'cede territory') दोनों की pronunciation /siːd/ है।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Sow the seeds of sth (start a process that leads to something: 'sow the seeds of doubt'), go or run to seed (become weak or untidy because of lack of care).
Idioms अक्सर पूछे जाते हैं: sow the seeds of sth (किसी चीज़ की ओर ले जाने वाली प्रक्रिया शुरू करना: 'sow the seeds of doubt', संदेह के बीज बोना), go या run to seed (देखभाल न होने से कमज़ोर या अव्यवस्थित होना)।
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General knowledge
Science: seed dispersal happens by wind (cotton), water (coconut), animals (burdock) and explosion (balsam); germination means a seed starting to grow.
विज्ञान में बीजों का प्रकीर्णन हवा (कपास), पानी (नारियल), जानवरों (गोखरू) और विस्फोट (गुलमेंहदी) से होता है; germination (अंकुरण) का अर्थ बीज का उगना शुरू करना है।