seed

si:d 1. noun

1) (the (part of) the fruit of a tree, plant etc from which a new plant may be grown: sunflower seeds; grass seed.) frø

2) (the beginning from which anything grows: There was already a seed of doubt in her mind.) kim, spire, kjerne

3) ((in a sporting competition etc) a seeded player.) nummer (...) på ranglista

2. verb

1) ((of a plant) to produce seed: A plant seeds after it has flowered.) sette frø, frø seg

2) (in golf, tennis etc, to arrange (good players) in a competition so that they do not compete against each other till the later rounds.) seede

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- seeded

- seedling
- seedy
- seediness
- seedbed
- go to seed

frø

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sæd

I

subst. \/siːd\/

1) frø

2) (landbruk) såvarer, såkorn, sæd

• a packet of seeds

3) kjerne, stein

• melon seeds get stuck in my teeth

melonkjerner setter seg fast i tennene mine

4) (overført) spire, frø, kime, opprinnelse

5) (zoologi) sæd, sperma

6) (zoologi, fisk) melke

7) liten blære, kapsel

8) (kjemi) kim, krystallisasjonskim, krystallisator

9) (sport) seedet spiller

• he is no.1 seed

han er seedet som nummer en

10) (bibelsk) sæd, avkom, etterkommere, slekt, ætt

raise up seed sette barn til verden

run to seed gå under

the seed of someone noens ætt

• they were the seed of Abraham

de var av Abrahams ætt

the seed of something spiren til noe

sow the good seed så den gode sæd, preke, forkynne evangeliet

sow the seeds of dissension så splid

sow the seeds of love få kjærligheten til å spire\/blomstre

sow the seeds of something så frø fra noe (overført) så spirer til noe, plante de første tankene\/ideene om noe

II

verb \/siːd\/

1) beså, så

• seed a field with wheat

2) ta kjernene ut av, fjerne frøene fra

• seed raisins before cooking

fjern steinene fra rosinene før koking

3) gå i frø, frø seg, sette frø

4) (sport) seede

5) (overført) seede, sortere

6) (kjemi) krystallisere

seed down så til, så (med gressfrø)