seeded
pronunciation
How to pronounce seeded in British English:
UK [ˈsiːdɪd]
How to pronounce seeded in American English:
US [ ˈsiːdɪd]
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- Adjective:
- (of the more skilled contestants) selectively arranged in the draw for position in a tournament so that they meet each other in later rounds
- having the seeds extracted
- having seeds as specified
- having or supplied with seeds
- sprinkled with seed
Word Origin
- seeded (adj.)
- 1922 in the sports sense (originally tennis), past participle adjective from seed (v.).
Example
- 1. Win an online cup match as a top seeded team .
- 2. Six golf courses had been shaped and seeded .
- 3. They seeded in the field of rape .
- 4. A seeded breadfruit ; seeded rolls .
- 5. Zhang smeared the sundew material onto glass slides and seeded the adhesive with living cells derived from the brains of rats .