seed
noun
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
had seeded
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past perfectof seed.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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In July, when floods killed more than 130 people in the Texas Hill Country, an online mob blamed Rainmaker, which had seeded clouds 150 miles away two days earlier, for causing or exacerbating the tragedy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
When Lycett posted about the fake stories he had seeded, he sent journalists in newspapers, TV and online frantically checking their stories to see if they'd been had.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2024
“Perhaps Jack the boarder had seeded his own rumors,” the innkeeper observes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2023
By that point, European passengers had seeded the pandemic in the United States.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2020
It grew at equal distances, even in spots where it had seeded itself.
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Adams Drake
