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seed·y

(sē′dē)

adj. seed·i·er, seed·i·est

1. Having many seeds.

2. Resembling seeds or a seed.

3. Worn and shabby; unkempt: "He was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin" (Mark Twain).

4. Somewhat disreputable; squalid: a seedy hotel in a run-down neighborhood.

5. Chiefly British Tired or sick; unwell.

seed′i·ly adv.

seed′i·ness n.

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seedy

(ˈsiːdɪ)

adj, seedier or seediest

1. shabby or unseemly in appearance: seedy clothes.

2. (Botany) (of a plant) at the stage of producing seeds

3. informal not physically fit; sickly

ˈseedily adv

ˈseediness n

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seed•y

(ˈsi di)

adj. seed•i•er, seed•i•est.

1. containing many seeds.

2. bearing seeds.

3. poorly kept; run-down.

4. shabbily dressed; unkempt.

5. slightly ill.

[1565–75]

seed′i•ly, adv.

seed′i•ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	seedy - full of seeds; "as seedy as a fig" seedless - lacking seeds; "seedless grapefruit"
	2.	seedy - shabby and untidy; "a surge of ragged scruffy children"; "he was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin"- Mark Twain scruffy worn - affected by wear; damaged by long use; "worn threads on the screw"; "a worn suit"; "the worn pockets on the jacket"
	3.	seedy - somewhat ill or prone to illness; "my poor ailing grandmother"; "feeling a bit indisposed today"; "you look a little peaked"; "feeling poorly"; "a sickly child"; "is unwell and can't come to work" ailing, indisposed, peaked, poorly, under the weather, unwell, sickly ill, sick - affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering"
	4.	seedy - morally degraded; "a seedy district"; "the seamy side of life"; "sleazy characters hanging around casinos"; "sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"- Seattle Weekly; "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"- James Joyce; "the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal" sordid, squalid, seamy, sleazy disreputable - lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance

seedy

adjective

1. sleazy, sordid, squalid, low, nasty They suck you into their seedy world.

2. shabby, run-down, scruffy, old, worn, faded, decaying, grubby, dilapidated, tatty, unkempt, grotty (slang), crummy (slang), down at heel, slovenly, mangy, manky (Scot. dialect), scungy (Austral. & N.Z.) a seedy hotel close to the red light district
shabby smart, elegant, fashionable, posh (informal, chiefly Brit.), classy, swish (informal, chiefly Brit.), up-market, swanky (informal), top-drawer, ritzy (slang), high-toned

3. (Informal) unwell, ill, poorly (informal), crook (Austral. & N.Z. informal), ailing, sickly, out of sorts, off colour, under the weather (informal), peely-wally (Scot.) All right, are you? Not feeling seedy?

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seedy

adjective

Showing signs of wear and tear or neglect:

bedraggled, broken-down, decaying, decrepit, dilapidated, dingy, down-at-heel, faded, mangy, rundown, scrubby, scruffy, shabby, shoddy, sleazy, tattered, tatty, threadbare.

Informal: tacky.

Slang: ratty.

Idioms: all the worse for wear, gone to pot, past cure.

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seedy

[ˈsiːdɪ] ADJ (seedier (compar) (seediest (superl)))

1. (= shabby) [hotel, nightclub] → sórdido, de mala muerte, cutre (Sp) ; [clothes] → raído, cutre (Sp) ; [person] → de pinta desastrada
a seedy-looking bar → un bar sórdido, un bar de mala muerte, un bar cutre (Sp)

2. (= unwell) I'm feeling seedy → tengo un poco de mal cuerpo
he looks a bit seedy → tiene mala cara

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seed

(siːd) noun

1. the (part of) the fruit of a tree, plant etc from which a new plant may be grown. sunflower seeds; grass seed.semilla

2. the beginning from which anything grows. There was already a seed of doubt in her mind.pizca, punta

3. (in a sporting competition etc) a seeded player. cabeza de serie

verb

1. (of a plant) to produce seed. A plant seeds after it has flowered.granar

2. in golf, tennis etc, to arrange (good players) in a competition so that they do not compete against each other till the later rounds. preseleccionar

ˈseeded adjective

having been seeded. a seeded player.preseleccionado

ˈseedling (-liŋ) noun

a young plant just grown from a seed. Don't walk on the lettuce seedlings! planta de semillero

ˈseedy adjective

1. shabby. a rather seedy hotel.cutre, sórdido, de mala muerte

2. ill or unhealthy. He's feeling a bit seedy.pachucho

ˈseediness noun

aspecto sórdido

ˈseedbed noun

ground prepared for growing seeds. semillero

go to seed

1. (of a person) to become careless about one's clothes and appearance. Don't let yourself go to seed when you reach middle age!descuidarse, abandonarse, echarse a perder

2. (of a place) to become rather shabby and uncared for. This part of town has gone to seed recently.deteriorarse

3. (also run to seed) (of a plant) to produce seeds after flowering. granar

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