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2seed verb 1 : to sprinkle with seed : PLANT <~ land to grass>

2 : to bear or shed seeds

3 : to remove seeds from

— seed·er noun

Synonyms

drill, plant, sow—more at PLANT

seed·bed noun : soil or a bed of soil prepared for planting seed

seed·ling noun 1 : a young plant grown from seed

2 : a young tree before it becomes a sapling

seed·time noun : the season for sowing

seedy adjective seed·i·er; -est 1 : containing or full of seeds

2 : inferior in condition or quality : SHABBY

Synonyms

ragged, ratty, shabby, tattered, threadbare, worn-out—more at RAGGED

seek verb sought ; seek·ing 1 : to search for

2 : to try to reach or obtain

3 : to make an attempt

Synonyms

[1] cast about, forage, hunt, pursue, quest, search; also ferret (out), root (out)

[2] ask, call, plead, quest, request, solicit, sue

[3] assay, attempt, endeavor, essay, strive, try—more at ATTEMPT

seek·er noun : one that seeks or is used in seeking

Synonyms

applicant, aspirant, campaigner, candidate, contender, hopeful, prospect—more at CANDIDATE

seem verb 1 : to appear to the observation or understanding

2 : to be so in appearance : APPEAR

Synonyms

act, appear, look, make, sound; also dissemble, pretend; resemble, suggest; hint, imply, insinuate

seem·ing adjective : outwardly apparent

Synonyms

apparent, assumed, evident, ostensible, reputed, supposed—more at APPARENT

seem·ing·ly adverb : so far as can be seen or judged

Synonyms

apparently, evidently, ostensibly, presumably, supposedly—more at APPARENTLY

seem·ly adjective seem·li·er; -est 1 : conventionally proper

2 : FIT

Synonyms

correct, decent, decorous, genteel, nice, polite, proper, respectable—more at PROPER

seep verb : to flow or pass slowly through fine pores or cracks

— seep·age noun

Synonyms

bleed, exude, ooze, percolate, strain, sweat, weep—more at EXUDE

seer noun : a person who foresees or predicts events : PROPHET

Synonyms

augur, diviner, forecaster, fortune-teller, futurist, prognosticator, prophet, soothsayer—more at PROPHET

seer·suck·er noun [ORIGIN: Hindi śīrśaker, fr. Per shīr-o-shakar, lit., milk and sugar]

: a light fabric of linen, cotton, or rayon usu. striped and slightly puckered

1seesaw noun 1 : a contest in which each side assumes then relinquishes the lead

2 : a children's sport of riding up and down on the ends of a plank supported in the middle; also : the plank so used

2seesaw verb : to move backward and forward or up and down

Synonyms

careen, lurch, pitch, rock, roll, sway, toss, wobble—more at ROCK

bob, bobble, jog, jounce, nod, pump—more at NOD

seethe verb seethed; seeth·ing [ORIGIN: archaic seethe boil]

: to become violently agitated

Synonyms

boil, burn, fume, rage, steam—more at BOIL

boil, churn, roil; also reel, spin, swirl, whirl; agitate, stir

seg·ment noun 1 : a division of a thing : SECTION

2 : a part cut off from a geometrical figure (as a circle) by one or more points, lines, or planes

— seg·ment·ed adjective

Synonyms

member, part, partition, portion, section—more at PART

seg·re·gate verb -gat·ed; -gat·ing [ORIGIN: L segregare, fr. se- apart + greg-, grex herd, flock]

1 : to cut off from others

2 : to separate esp. by races

Synonyms

cut off, insulate, isolate, seclude, separate, sequester—more at ISOLATE

seg·re·ga·tion noun : the act or process of segregating : the state of being segregated

Synonyms

insulation, isolation, seclusion, sequestration, solitude—more at ISOLATION

seg·re·ga·tion·ist noun : one who believes in or practices the segregation of races

sei·gneur noun, often cap [ORIGIN: MF, fr. ML senior, fr. L, adj., elder]

: a feudal lord

1seine noun : a large weighted fishing net

2seine verb seined; sein·ing : to fish or catch with a seine

— sein·er noun

seis·mic adjective : of, relating to, resembling, or caused by an earthquake

— seis·mi·cal·ly adverb

— seis·mic·i·ty noun

seis·mo·gram noun : the record of an earth tremor made by a seismograph