Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Sprinkled with seed: Refers to something, typically land or a food item, that has had seeds scattered on or within it.
   • Having or supplied with seeds: Describes a fruit, plant, or food product that contains seeds.
   • Having seeds as specified: Used with a preceding word (e.g., 'many', 'black') to describe the number or type of seeds present.
   • Having the seeds extracted: Describes a fruit from which the seeds have been removed.
   • (Of a contestant) selectively arranged in a tournament draw: In sports, refers to a player or team given a preferential position in the competition bracket to avoid strong opponents in early rounds.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The farmer prepared a seeded lawn for the new park. (The lawn area was prepared by sprinkling grass seed.)
  • I prefer seeded bread for its texture. (This bread has seeds, like sesame or sunflower, in or on it.)
  • This is a particularly seedy, many-seeded variety of tomato. (This type of tomato has a lot of seeds.)
  • For the recipe, you will need one cup of seeded raisins. (The raisins have had their seeds removed.)
  • The top four seeded players all advanced to the semi-finals. (The players who were given top rankings in the tournament draw all won their matches to reach the semi-final round.)

Advanced Usage

• As a verb (past tense of 'seed'): While 'seeded' is the adjective form, it originates from the verb 'to seed'. In its past tense, it means to have sown seeds or, in sports, to have been assigned a rank.
  • They seeded the field last autumn. (They planted seeds in the field.)
  • She was seeded third in the championship. (She was given the number three ranking in the tournament.)

Variants and Related Words

• Seed (n): The unit of reproduction of a flowering plant.
• Seed (v): To sow land with seeds; to remove seeds from a fruit; to arrange the draw for a tournament.
• Seedless (adj): Having no seeds.
  • Seedless grapes are very popular.
• Seeder (n): A machine or person that sows seeds.

Synonyms

• Sown: (for the 'sprinkled with seed' meaning).
• Ranked: (for the tournament meaning).
• Pitted: (can be similar to 'having seeds extracted', though often for larger stones).

Antonyms

• Unseeded: Not sown with seed; (in sports) not given a preferential ranking in a tournament draw.
• Seedless: Having no seeds.

Adjective

1. sprinkled with seed
   • a seeded lawn
2. having or supplied with seeds
   • a seeded breadfruit
   • seeded rolls
3. having seeds as specified
   • many-seeded
   • black-seeded
4. having the seeds extracted
   • seeded raisins
5. (of the more skilled contestants) selectively arranged in the draw for position in a tournament so that they meet each other in later rounds