Seed
- 1.
- (FIGURATIVE) Seeds (of discord) ហេតុ, he and his seed កូនចៅ, go to seed មានគ្រាប់, មានផ្លែ
noun — Plural: Seeds
- 1.
- (a fertilized ovule of a plant capable of developing into a plant like its parent; seeds as collected for sowing, semen, milt, source, origin, descendants; posterity, seedbearing condition, sperm) apple seed គ្រាប keep the best rice for seed ពូជ
- 2.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) គ្រាប់ពូជ, ចំណុចផ្តើម
adjective
- 1.
- (1. Set aside for planting a new crop: seed corn; seed wheat. 2. Intended to help in early stages: provided seed capital for a fledgling business) seed rice សម្រាប់ធ្វើពូជ
verb — past tense: seeded ; past participle: seeded ; present participle: seeding ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) (to produce seed. -go to seed to pass to the stage of yielding seed, to lose vigor, to deteriorate. -in seed in the state of bearing ripened seed. -the seed of Abraham Jew) សាប, ព្រោះ (បាច)
Example: vegetable seeds and flower seeds. Makara helped Grandmother seed her garden.Flowers seed in the fall ដាក់គ្រាប់ - 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) (to plant with seeds, to remove the seeds from, to sow with seed; to arrange draw for sports tournament) seed a field សាប, ព្រោះ, seed cherries យកគ្រាប់ចេញ, seed discord បង្កហេតុ
- 3.
- សាបព្រោះ
ENGLISH MEANING
noun — Plural: Seeds
- 1.
- 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.
- 2.
- Any small seedlike fruit, though it may consist of a pericarp, or even a calyx, as well as the seed proper; as, parsnip seed; thistle seed.
- 3.
- The generative fluid of the male; semen; sperm; -- not used in the plural.
- 4.
- That from which anything springs; first principle; original; source; as, the seeds of virtue or vice.
- 5.
- The principle of production.
- 6.
- Progeny; offspring; children; descendants; as, the seed of Abraham; the seed of David.
- 7.
- Race; generation; birth.
verb — past tense: seeded ; past participle: seeded ; present participle: seeding ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To sprinkle with seed; to plant seeds in; to sow; as, to seed a field.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.