| seed | | |
| n. (plant) | 1. seed | a small hard fruit. |
| ~ edible seed | many are used as seasoning. |
| ~ coffee bean, coffee berry, coffee | a seed of the coffee tree; ground to make coffee. |
| ~ pip | a small hard seed found in some fruits. |
| ~ bonduc nut, nicker nut, nicker seed | hard shiny grey seed of a bonduc tree; used for making e.g. jewelry. |
| ~ job's tears | hard pearly seeds of an Asiatic grass; often used as beads. |
| ~ oil-rich seed, oilseed | any of several seeds that yield oil. |
| ~ safflower seed | seed of the safflower. |
| ~ caryopsis, grain | dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn. |
| ~ ash-key | winged seed of the ash tree. |
| ~ coquilla nut | nut having a hard hazel-brown shell used like vegetable ivory. |
| ~ babassu nut | hard-shelled nut of the babassu palm. |
| ~ cohune nut | nut of the cohune palm having hard white shells like those of ivory nuts. |
| ~ apple nut, ivory nut, vegetable ivory | nutlike seed of a South American palm; the hard white shell takes a high polish and is used for e.g. buttons. |
| ~ neem seed | seed of neem trees; source of pesticides and fertilizer and medicinal products. |
| ~ buckeye, conker, horse chestnut | the inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut. |
| ~ jumping bean, jumping seed, mexican jumping bean | seed of Mexican shrubs of the genus Sebastiana containing the larva of a moth whose movements cause the bean to jerk or tumble. |
| ~ fruit | the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant. |
| ~ bean | any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans. |
| ~ nut | usually large hard-shelled seed. |
| ~ kernel, meat | the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone.; "black walnut kernels are difficult to get out of the shell" |
| n. (plant) | 2. seed | a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa. |
| ~ ovule | a small body that contains the female germ cell of a plant; develops into a seed after fertilization. |
| ~ episperm, seed coat, testa | protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants. |
| ~ endosperm | nutritive tissue surrounding the embryo within seeds of flowering plants. |
| ~ pericarp, seed vessel | the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary. |
| n. (person) | 3. seed, seeded player | one of the outstanding players in a tournament. |
| ~ player, participant | a person who participates in or is skilled at some game. |
| n. (cognition) | 4. germ, seed, source | anything that provides inspiration for later work. |
| ~ inspiration | arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity. |
| ~ taproot | something that provides an important central source for growth or development.; "the taproot of his resentment"; "genius and insanity spring from the same taproot" |
| ~ muse | the source of an artist's inspiration.; "Euterpe was his muse" |
| n. (body) | 5. come, cum, ejaculate, seed, semen, seminal fluid | the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract. |
| ~ milt | seminal fluid produced by male fish. |
| ~ bodily fluid, body fluid, liquid body substance, humour, humor | the liquid parts of the body. |
| ~ sperm, sperm cell, spermatozoan, spermatozoon | the male reproductive cell; the male gamete.; "a sperm is mostly a nucleus surrounded by little other cellular material" |
| v. (contact) | 6. seed | go to seed; shed seeds.; "The dandelions went to seed" |
| ~ reseed | seed again or anew. |
| ~ disgorge, shed, spill | cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over.; "spill the beans all over the table" |
| v. (possession) | 7. seed | help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money. |
| ~ finance | obtain or provide money for.; "Can we finance the addition to our home?" |
| v. (creation) | 8. seed | bear seeds. |
| ~ bear, turn out | bring forth,.; "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year"; "The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers" |
| v. (contact) | 9. seed, sow | place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth.; "She sowed sunflower seeds" |
| ~ farming, husbandry, agriculture | the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock. |
| ~ lay, place, put, set, position, pose | put into a certain place or abstract location.; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" |
| ~ broadcast | sow over a wide area, especially by hand.; "broadcast seeds" |
| ~ inseminate, sow in, sow | place seeds in or on (the ground).; "sow the ground with sunflower seeds" |
| ~ inseminate, sow in, sow | place seeds in or on (the ground).; "sow the ground with sunflower seeds" |
| ~ scatter | sow by scattering.; "scatter seeds" |
| v. (cognition) | 10. seed | distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds. |
| ~ athletics, sport | an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition. |
| ~ grade, rate, rank, place, range, order | assign a rank or rating to.; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide" |
| v. (change) | 11. seed | sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain.; "seed clouds" |
| ~ process, treat | subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition.; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals"; "treat an oil spill" |
| v. (change) | 12. seed | inoculate with microorganisms. |
| ~ inoculate | introduce a microorganism into. |
| v. (change) | 13. seed | remove the seeds from.; "seed grapes" |
| ~ remove, take away, withdraw, take | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" |
| wind | | |
| n. (phenomenon) | 1. air current, current of air, wind | air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure.; "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere" |
| ~ airstream | a relatively well-defined prevailing wind. |
| ~ calm air, calm | wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale. |
| ~ breeze, gentle wind, zephyr, air | a slight wind (usually refreshing).; "the breeze was cooled by the lake"; "as he waited he could feel the air on his neck" |
| ~ chinook, chinook wind, snow eater | a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies. |
| ~ harmattan | a dusty wind from the Sahara that blows toward the western coast of Africa during the winter. |
| ~ crosswind | wind blowing across the path of a ship or aircraft. |
| ~ foehn, fohn | a warm dry wind that blows down the northern slopes of the Alps. |
| ~ khamsin | an oppressively hot southerly wind from the Sahara that blows across Egypt in the spring. |
| ~ santa ana | a strong hot dry wind that blows in winter from the deserts of southern California toward the Pacific Coast. |
| ~ high wind | a very strong wind.; "rain and high winds covered the region" |
| ~ headwind | wind blowing opposite to the path of a ship or aircraft. |
| ~ catabatic wind, katabatic wind | a wind caused by the downward motion of cold air. |
| ~ tailwind | wind blowing in the same direction as the path of a ship or aircraft. |
| ~ doldrums | a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific. |
| ~ east wind, easterly, easter | a wind from the east. |
| ~ northwest wind, northwester | a wind from the northwest. |
| ~ sou'wester, southwester | a strong wind from the southwest. |
| ~ sou'easter, southeaster | a strong wind from the southeast. |
| ~ gale | a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale. |
| ~ gust, blast, blow | a strong current of air.; "the tree was bent almost double by the gust" |
| ~ monsoon | a seasonal wind in southern Asia; blows from the southwest (bringing rain) in summer and from the northeast in winter. |
| ~ monsoon | any wind that changes direction with the seasons. |
| ~ boreas, north wind, norther, northerly | a wind that blows from the north. |
| ~ prevailing wind | the predominant wind direction.; "the prevailing wind is from the southwest" |
| ~ samiel, simoom, simoon | a violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africa. |
| ~ south wind, souther, southerly | a wind from the south. |
| ~ squall | sudden violent winds; often accompanied by precipitation. |
| ~ thermal | rising current of warm air. |
| ~ draft, draught | a current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle). |
| ~ atmospheric condition, weather, weather condition, conditions | the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation.; "they were hoping for good weather"; "every day we have weather conditions and yesterday was no exception"; "the conditions were too rainy for playing in the snow" |
| ~ west wind, wester | wind that blows from west to east. |
| ~ air | a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of.; "air pollution"; "a smell of chemicals in the air"; "open a window and let in some air"; "I need some fresh air" |
| n. (phenomenon) | 2. wind | a tendency or force that influences events.; "the winds of change" |
| ~ influence | the effect of one thing (or person) on another.; "the influence of mechanical action" |
| n. (act) | 3. wind | breath.; "the collision knocked the wind out of him" |
| ~ breathing out, exhalation, expiration | the act of expelling air from the lungs. |
| n. (communication) | 4. idle words, jazz, malarkey, malarky, nothingness, wind | empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk.; "that's a lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz" |
| ~ talk, talking | an exchange of ideas via conversation.; "let's have more work and less talk around here" |
| n. (communication) | 5. confidential information, hint, lead, steer, tip, wind | an indication of potential opportunity.; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job" |
| ~ counseling, counselling, guidance, counsel, direction | something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action. |
| n. (artifact) | 6. wind, wind instrument | a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath. |
| ~ bell | the flared opening of a tubular device. |
| ~ brass instrument, brass | a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece. |
| ~ free-reed instrument | a wind instrument with a free reed. |
| ~ kazoo | a toy wind instrument that has a membrane that makes a sound when you hum into the mouthpiece. |
| ~ embouchure, mouthpiece | the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly. |
| ~ musical instrument, instrument | any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds. |
| ~ ocarina, sweet potato | egg-shaped terra cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes. |
| ~ pipe organ, organ | wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard. |
| ~ organ pipe, pipework, pipe | the flues and stops on a pipe organ. |
| ~ pipe | a tubular wind instrument. |
| ~ post horn | wind instrument used by postilions of the 18th and 19th centuries. |
| ~ whistle | a small wind instrument that produces a whistling sound by blowing into it. |
| ~ woodwind, woodwind instrument, wood | any wind instrument other than the brass instruments. |
| n. (act) | 7. breaking wind, fart, farting, flatus, wind | a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus. |
| ~ inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex | an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus. |
| n. (act) | 8. twist, wind, winding | the act of winding or twisting.; "he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind" |
| ~ rotary motion, rotation | the act of rotating as if on an axis.; "the rotation of the dancer kept time with the music" |
| v. (motion) | 9. meander, thread, wander, weave, wind | to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course.; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ snake | move along a winding path.; "The army snaked through the jungle" |
| ~ wander | go via an indirect route or at no set pace.; "After dinner, we wandered into town" |
| v. (stative) | 10. curve, twist, wind | extend in curves and turns.; "The road winds around the lake"; "the path twisted through the forest" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| ~ circumvolute | wind or turn in volutions, especially in an inward spiral, as of snail. |
| ~ spiral | form a spiral.; "The path spirals up the mountain" |
| ~ snake | form a snake-like pattern.; "The river snakes through the valley" |
| v. (contact) | 11. roll, twine, wind, wrap | arrange or or coil around.; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child" |
| ~ spool | wind onto a spool or a reel. |
| ~ reel | wind onto or off a reel. |
| ~ ball | form into a ball by winding or rolling.; "ball wool" |
| ~ clew, clue | roll into a ball. |
| ~ coil, curl, loop | wind around something in coils or loops. |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| v. (perception) | 12. nose, scent, wind | catch the scent of; get wind of.; "The dog nosed out the drugs" |
| ~ smell | inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense. |
| v. (contact) | 13. wind, wind up | coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem.; "wind your watch" |
| ~ tighten, fasten | make tight or tighter.; "Tighten the wire" |
| ~ turn | change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense.; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs" |
| v. (contact) | 14. wind, wreathe | form into a wreath. |
| ~ enlace, interlace, intertwine, lace, twine, entwine | spin,wind, or twist together.; "intertwine the ribbons"; "Twine the threads into a rope"; "intertwined hearts" |
| v. (contact) | 15. hoist, lift, wind | raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help.; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car" |
| ~ trice, trice up | hoist up or in and lash or secure with a small rope. |
| ~ lift, elevate, raise, get up, bring up | raise from a lower to a higher position.; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load" |
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