An earlier type; a progenitor
One who had the same role or function in former times.
One from whom an estate has descended;—the correlative of heir.
One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather.
A word or phrase which serves as the origin of a term in another language.
To be an ancestor of.
A precursor.
A fragment of coral.
The initial position of a competitor or team in a tournament. (seed position)
Initialization state of a pseudorandom number generator (PRNG). (seed number)
An amount of seeds that cannot be readily counted.
Any small seed-like fruit.
Semen.
The competitor or team occupying a given seed. (seed position)
Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.
Commercial message in a creative format placed on relevant sites on the Internet. (seed idea or seed message)
Race; generation; birth.
A small bubble formed in imperfectly fused glass.
A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an embryonic plant.
To grow to maturity.
To produce seed.
To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.
To allocate a seeding to a competitor.
To plant or sow an area with seeds.
To leave (files) available for others to download through peer-to-peer file sharing protocols (e.g. BitTorrent).
To be qualified to compete, especially in a quarter-final, semi-final, or final.
To ejaculate inside the penetratee during intercourse, especially in the rectum.
To start; to provide, assign or determine the initial resources for, position of, state of.