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SEED

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Traducere în limba română

seed I. substantiv

1. sămânţă, grăunte, bobi; (col.) grâne;

to go / to run to seed a) a se opri din înflorit (când se formează seminţele); b) (fig.) a îmbătrâni, a decădea;

to sow the seeds of discord a semăna discordie / vrajbă.

2. germene, origine, sursă.

3. neam, seminţie; (biblie) urmaşi;

to raise up seed a se înmulţi, a procrea.

4. (sport) cap de serie.

5. (chim.) nucleu / centru de cristalizare.

seed II. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a semăna, a arunca, a împrăştia (sămânţa); a semăna (un câmp).

2. a scoate seminţele din (stafide etc.)

3. a despărţi sămânţa de paie.

4. (sport) a selecţiona, a alege (jucătorii mai tari de cei slabi), a repartiza (jucătorii) în serii.

seed II. verb B. intranzitiv

a face sămânţă.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

When looking at the performance of other species, the researchers were surprised by how effective Sambar deer were at dispersing seeds.

(Thai Elephants Help Spread Jungle Fruit's Seeds, Sadie Witkowski/VOA)

The ant-king had come in the night with thousands and thousands of ants, and the grateful creatures had by great industry picked up all the millet-seed and gathered them into the sacks.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

You are receiving clues now of the direction your career is heading, so you must plant seeds, or these glittering aspects will disappear like perfume into the air.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

In the mouth the water melts away and the seed chews sharp and bitter.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, de Jack London)

"It's all my fault, I forgot him, there isn't a seed or a drop left. Oh, Pip! Oh, Pip! How could I be so cruel to you?" cried Beth, taking the poor thing in her hands and trying to restore him.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

Is this my mustard- seed?

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

As expected, the Asian elephants were the major seed dispersers for the p. macrocarpa.

(Thai Elephants Help Spread Jungle Fruit's Seeds, Sadie Witkowski/VOA)

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