Pip vs. Seed

Pipnoun

Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza.

Pipnoun

(humorous) Of humans, a disease, malaise or depression.

Pipnoun

(obsolete) a pippin, seed of any kind

Pipnoun

(UK) a seed inside certain fleshy fruits (compare stone/pit), such as a peach, orange, or apple

Pipnoun

something or someone excellent, of high quality

Pipnoun

P in RAF phonetic alphabet

Pipnoun

One of the spots or symbols on a playing card, domino, die, etc.

Pipnoun

One of the stars worn on the shoulder of a uniform to denote rank, e.g. of a soldier or a fireman.

Pipnoun

A spot; a speck.

Pipnoun

A spot of light or an inverted V indicative of a return of radar waves reflected from an object; a blip.

Pipnoun

A piece of rhizome with a dormant shoot of the lily of the valley plant, used for propagation

Pipnoun

One of a series of very short, electronically produced tones, used, for example, to count down the final few seconds before a given time or to indicate that a caller using a payphone needs to make further payment if he is to continue his call.

Pipnoun

The smallest price increment between two currencies in foreign exchange (forex) trading.

Pipverb

To get the better of; to defeat by a narrow margin

Pipverb

To hit with a gunshot

Pipverb

To peep, to chirp

Pipverb

(avian biology) To make the initial hole during the process of hatching from an egg

Pipnoun

A contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness, discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in the mouth, forming a "scale" on the tongue. By some the term pip is restricted to this last symptom, the disease being called roup by them.

Pipnoun

A seed, as of an apple or orange.

Pipnoun

One of the conventional figures or "spots" on playing cards, dominoes, etc.

Pipverb

To cry or chirp, as a chicken; to peep.

Pipnoun

a disease of poultry

Pipnoun

a minor nonspecific ailment

Pipnoun

a small hard seed found in some fruits

Pipnoun

a mark on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)

Pipnoun

a radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface

Pipverb

kill by firing a missile

Pipverb

hit with a missile from a weapon

Pipverb

defeat thoroughly;

Seednoun

(countable) A fertilized grain, initially encased in a fruit, which may grow into a mature plant.

Seednoun

A fertilized ovule, containing an embryonic plant.

Seednoun

(uncountable) An amount of fertilized grain that cannot be readily counted.

Seednoun

(uncountable) Semen.

Seednoun

A precursor.

Seednoun

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

Seednoun

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

Seednoun

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

Seednoun

Initialization state of a pseudorandom number generator (PRNG). (seed number)

Seednoun

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

Seednoun

Offspring, descendants, progeny.

Seednoun

Race; generation; birth.

Seednoun

A small bubble formed in imperfectly fused glass.

Seedverb

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

Seedverb

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

Seedverb

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

Seedverb

To allocate a seeding to a competitor.

Seedverb

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

Seedverb

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

Seedverb

(intransitive) To produce seed.

Seedverb

(intransitive) To grow to maturity.

Seedverb

To ejaculate inside the penetratee during intercourse, especially in the rectum.

Seedverb

(dialectal) see

Seednoun

A ripened ovule, consisting of an embryo with one or more integuments, or coverings; as, an apple seed; a currant seed. By germination it produces a new plant.

Seednoun

The generative fluid of the male; semen; sperm; - not used in the plural.

Seednoun

That from which anything springs; first principle; original; source; as, the seeds of virtue or vice.

Seednoun

The principle of production.

Seednoun

Progeny; offspring; children; descendants; as, the seed of Abraham; the seed of David.

Seednoun

Race; generation; birth.

Seedverb

To sow seed.

Seedverb

To shed the seed.

Seedverb

To grow to maturity, and to produce seed.

Seedverb

To sprinkle with seed; to plant seeds in; to sow; as, to seed a field.

Seedverb

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

Seednoun

a small hard fruit

Seednoun

a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa

Seednoun

one of the outstanding players in a tournament

Seednoun

anything that provides inspiration for later work

Seednoun

the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

Seedverb

go to seed; shed seeds;

Seedverb

help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money

Seedverb

bear seeds

Seedverb

place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth;

Seedverb

distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds

Seedverb

sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain;

Seedverb

inoculate with microorganisms

Seedverb

remove the seeds from;

Seed

A seed is an embryonic plant enclosed in a protective outer covering. The formation of the seed is part of the process of reproduction in seed plants, the spermatophytes, including the gymnosperm and angiosperm plants.