Seed vs. Grain

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.

Grainnoun

(uncountable) The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.

Grainnoun

(uncountable) Similar seeds from any food crop, eg buckwheat, amaranth, quinoa.

Grainnoun

(countable) A single seed of grass food crops.

Grainnoun

The crops from which grain is harvested.

Grainnoun

(uncountable) A linear texture of a material or surface.

Grainnoun

(countable) A single particle of a substance.

Grainnoun

(countable) A very small unit of weight, in England equal to 1/480 of an ounce troy, 0.0648 grams or, to be more exact, 64.79891 milligrams (0.002285714 avoirdupois ounce). A carat grain or pearl grain is 1/4 carat or 50 milligrams. The old French grain was 1/9216 livre or 53.11 milligrams, and in the mesures usuelles permitted from 1812 to 1839, with the livre redefined as 500 grams, it was 54.25 milligrams.

Grainnoun

(countable) A former unit of gold purity, also known as carat grain, equal to 4 "carat" (karat).

Grainnoun

(materials) A region within a material having a single crystal structure or direction.

Grainnoun

A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes; hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson, scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent to Tyrian purple.

Grainnoun

The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side.

Grainnoun

(in the plural) The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff.

Grainnoun

(botany) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock.

Grainnoun

Temper; natural disposition; inclination.

Grainnoun

Visual texture in processed photographic film due to the presence of small particles of a metallic silver, or dye clouds, developed from silver halide that have received enough photons.

Grainnoun

A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant.

Grainnoun

A tine, prong, or fork.

Grainnoun

One of the branches of a valley or river.

Grainnoun

An iron fish spear or harpoon, with a number of points half-barbed inwardly.

Grainnoun

A blade of a sword, knife, etc.

Grainnoun

(founding) A thin piece of metal, used in a mould to steady a core.

Grainverb

To feed grain to.

Grainverb

(transitive) To make granular; to form into grains.

Grainverb

(intransitive) To form grains, or to assume a granular form, as the result of crystallization; to granulate.

Grainverb

To texture a surface in imitation of the grain of a substance such as wood.

Grainverb

(tanning) To remove the hair or fat from a skin.

Grainverb

(tanning) To soften leather.

Grainverb

To yield fruit.

Grainverb

See Groan.

Grainverb

To paint in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.

Grainverb

To form (powder, sugar, etc.) into grains.

Grainverb

To take the hair off (skins); to soften and raise the grain of (leather, etc.).

Grainverb

To yield fruit.

Grainverb

To form grains, or to assume a granular form, as the result of crystallization; to granulate.

Grainnoun

A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food.

Grainnoun

The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants themselves; - used collectively.

Grainnoun

Any small, hard particle, as of sand, sugar, salt, etc.; hence, any minute portion or particle; as, a grain of gunpowder, of pollen, of starch, of sense, of wit, etc.

Grainnoun

The unit of the English system of weights; - so called because considered equal to the average of grains taken from the middle of the ears of wheat. 7,000 grains constitute the pound avoirdupois, and 5,760 grains the pound troy. A grain is equal to .0648 gram. See Gram.

Grainnoun

A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes; hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson, scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent to Tyrian purple.

Grainnoun

The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement of the particles of any body which determines its comparative roughness or hardness; texture; as, marble, sugar, sandstone, etc., of fine grain.

Grainnoun

The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc.

Grainnoun

The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any fibrous material.

Grainnoun

The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side.

Grainnoun

The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff.

Grainnoun

A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock. See Grained, a., 4.

Grainnoun

Temper; natural disposition; inclination.

Grainnoun

A sort of spice, the grain of paradise.

Grainnoun

A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant.

Grainnoun

A tine, prong, or fork.

Grainnoun

A blade of a sword, knife, etc.

Grainnoun

A thin piece of metal, used in a mold to steady a core.

Grainnoun

a small hard particle;

Grainnoun

foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses

Grainnoun

used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat

Grainnoun

1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams

Grainnoun

1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams

Grainnoun

dry seedlike fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn

Grainnoun

the direction or texture of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric;

Grainverb

thoroughly work in;

Grainverb

paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood

Grainverb

form into grains

Grainverb

become granular

Grainnoun

wheat or any other cultivated cereal used as food.

Grainnoun

the seeds of wheat or other cultivated cereals.

Grainnoun

a single fruit or seed of a cereal

Grainnoun

a small hard particle of a substance such as salt or sand

Grainnoun

the smallest possible quantity or amount of a quality

Grainnoun

a discrete particle or crystal in a metal, igneous rock, etc., typically visible only when a surface is magnified.

Grainnoun

a piece of solid propellant for use in a rocket engine.

Grainnoun

the smallest unit of weight in the troy and avoirdupois systems, equal to 1/5760 of a pound troy and 1/7000 of a pound avoirdupois (approximately 0.0648 gram).

Grainnoun

the longitudinal arrangement or pattern of fibres in wood, paper, etc.

Grainnoun

the texture of wood, stone, etc., as determined by the arrangement and size of constituent particles

Grainnoun

the rough or wrinkled outer surface of leather, or of a similar artificial material.

Grainnoun

lamination or planes of cleavage in materials such as stone and coal.

Grainnoun

a grainy appearance of a photograph or negative, which is in proportion to the size of the emulsion particles composing it.

Grainnoun

a person's character or natural tendency.

Grainnoun

kermes or cochineal, or dye made from either of these.

Grainverb

give a rough surface or texture to

Grainverb

form into grains

Grainverb

paint (especially furniture or interior surfaces) in imitation of the grain of wood or marble.

Grainverb

remove hair from (a hide).

Grainverb

feed (a horse) on grain.

Grain

A grain is a small, hard, dry seed - with or without an attached hull or fruit layer - harvested for human or animal consumption. A grain crop is a grain-producing plant.