seeded

1. 1
   verb

   Past tense and past participle of seed. Use this form for something that already happened.

   The farmer seeded the field just before the spring rains.

   They seeded the bare lawn and waited for the grass to grow.

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2. 2
   adjective

   Ranked in a competition so the strongest players or teams do not meet too early.

   Like arranging a bracket so the best players don't meet until the end.

   The seeded team won easily in the first round.

   She was seeded fourth and breezed into the semifinals.

   Similarranked

   Oppositeunseeded, unranked

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3. 3
   adjective

   Carrying or holding seeds, as a plant does when it is ready to spread.

   Like a dandelion full of fluffy seeds ready to blow away.

   The seeded dandelions released their fluff into the breeze.

   By late summer the plant was fully seeded and ready to scatter.

   Similarseed-bearing

   Oppositeseedless

4. 4
   adjective

   Planted with seeds, like a field or lawn that has been sown.

   Like a garden bed right after you've planted all the seeds.

   The seeded lawn turned green in just two weeks.

   We kept the dog off the freshly seeded ground.

   Oppositeunsown, fallow

5. 5
   adjective

   Drawn with its seeds shown, usually in a different color, on a coat of arms.

   Like coloring the middle of a drawn flower a different shade than its petals.

   The blue shield showed a white rose seeded with gold.

   A seeded rose sat at the center of the family crest.

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