seed
/siːd/ verbe C2En français : semer, ensemencer, apparier, départager
- To plant or sow an area with seeds. · I seeded my lawn with bluegrass.
- To shed seeds (refers to plants) · These poppies have not seeded themselves yet.
- To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.
- 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.
- To allocate a seeding to a competitor.
- 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. · The tennis player seeded into the quarters.
- To scatter small particles within (a cloud or airmass) in order to trigger the formation of rain. · A number of clouds were seeded to help provide rain to a drought-stricken area.
He/she/it seeds · Prétérit seeded · Participe passé seeded · Forme en -ing seeding
Formes du verbe
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- He/she/it
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- Prétérit
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- Participe passé
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- Forme en -ing
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Verbes à particule et expressions
Dans la bibliothèque
A FARMER placed nets on his newly-sown plowlands and caught a number of Cranes, which came to pick up his seed.
The Owl next advised them to pluck up the seed of the flax, which men had sown, as it was a plant which boded no good to them.
“Good,” said he, as he went away; “this is a fruitful soil, and I feel certain that the seed sown will not be cast on barren ground.”
Thomas Lynde--a meek little man whom Avonlea people called “Rachel Lynde’s husband”--was sowing his late turnip seed on the hill field beyond the barn; and Matthew Cuthbert ought to have been sowing his on the big red brook field away over by Green Gables.
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