Bean vs. Seed

Beannoun

Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seedpods.

Seednoun

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

‘If you plant a seed in the spring, you may have a pleasant surprise in the autumn.’;

Beannoun

The large edible seed of such a plant.

Seednoun

A fertilized ovule, containing an embryonic plant.

Beannoun

(specifically) The edible seed of the broad bean.

Seednoun

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

‘The entire field was covered with geese eating the freshly sown seed.’;

Beannoun

The edible seedpod of such a plant.

Seednoun

(uncountable) Semen.

‘A man must use his seed to start and raise a family.’;

Beannoun

(by extension) The bean-like seed of certain other plants, especially coffee; coffee in the general.

Seednoun

A precursor.

‘the seed of an idea; which idea was the seed (idea)?’;

Beannoun

(by extension) An object resembling a pea or bean in shape, often made from plastic or styrofoam and used in large numbers as packing material or as stuffing for beanbags and similar items.

Seednoun

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

Beannoun

(slang) The head or brain.

Seednoun

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

‘The team with the best regular season record receives the top seed in the conference tournament.’;

Beannoun

A guinea coin.

Seednoun

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

‘The rookie was a surprising top seed.’;

Beannoun

Money.

‘I haven't got a bean.’;

Seednoun

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

‘If you use the same seed you will get exactly the same pattern of numbers.’;

Beannoun

(slang) The clitoris.

Seednoun

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

‘The latest seed has attracted a lot of users in our online community.’;

Beannoun

(software) JavaBean

Seednoun

Offspring, descendants, progeny.

‘the seed of Abraham’;

Beanverb

To hit deliberately with a projectile, especially in the head.

‘The pitcher beaned the batter, rather than letting him hit another home run.’;

Seednoun

Race; generation; birth.

Beannoun

A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly of the genera Faba, Phaseolus, and Dolichos; also, to the herbs.

Seednoun

A small bubble formed in imperfectly fused glass.

Beannoun

The popular name of other vegetable seeds or fruits, more or less resembling true beans.

Seedverb

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

‘I seeded my lawn with bluegrass.’;

Beannoun

any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae

Seedverb

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

Beannoun

any of various seeds or fruits suggestive of beans

Seedverb

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

‘A venture capitalist seeds young companies.’; ‘The tournament coordinator will seed the starting lineup with the best competitors from the qualifying round.’; ‘The programmer seeded fresh, uncorrupted data into the database before running unit tests.’;

Beannoun

any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods

Seedverb

To allocate a seeding to a competitor.

Beannoun

informal terms for a human head

Seedverb

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

Beanverb

hit on the head, esp. with a pitched baseball

Seedverb

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

‘The tennis player seeded into the quarters.’;

Bean

A bean is the seed of one of several genera of the flowering plant family Fabaceae, which are used as vegetables for human or animal food. They can be cooked in many different ways, including boiling, frying, and baking, and are used in many traditional dishes throughout the world.

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.

‘And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself.’;

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.

‘Praise of great acts he scatters as a seed,Which may the like in coming ages breed.’;

Seednoun

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

Seednoun

Race; generation; birth.

‘Of mortal seed they were not held.’;

Seedverb

To sow seed.

Seedverb

To shed the seed.

Seedverb

To grow to maturity, and to produce seed.

‘Many interests have grown up, and seeded, and twisted their roots in the crevices of many wrongs.’;

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.

‘A sable mantle seeded with waking eyes.’;

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;

‘The dandelions went to seed’;

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;

‘She sowed sunflower seeds’;

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;

‘seed clouds’;

Seedverb

inoculate with microorganisms

Seedverb

remove the seeds from;

‘seed grapes’;

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.