seed

fe’l verb

1. To plant or sow an area with seeds. I seeded my lawn with bluegrass.
2. To start; to provide, assign or determine the initial resources for, position of, state of. A venture capitalist seeds young companies.
3. To be qualified to compete, especially in a quarter-final, semi-final or final. The tennis player seeded into the quarters.
4. To be the setting or time of. 1999 saw the release of many great films.

ot noun

1. Any small seed-like fruit. If you plant a seed in the spring, you may have a pleasant surprise in the autumn.
2. (collective) An amount of seeds that cannot be readily counted. The entire field was covered with geese eating the freshly sown seed.
3. Semen. A man must use his seed to start and raise a family.
4. A precursor. the seed of an idea; which idea was the seed (idea)?