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goes to seed

goes to seed is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go to seed.

Meaning of go to seed

Verb

go to seed (third-person singular simple present goes to seed, present participle going to seed, simple past went to seed, past participle gone to seed)

  1. To pass from flowering or ripening to the formation of seeds.
    • Wild tomatoes, which had gone to seed or been remorselessly hoed out from the beginning of Berande, were foraged for salads, soups, and sauces.1911, Jack London, Adventure
  2. (broadly, figuratively) To deteriorate; to decline into an unkempt or debased condition.
    • But the "frump" will let herself and all her surroundings go to seed, not from humbleness of mind or an overwhelming sense of her own unworthiness, but in pure complacent conceit.1898, Eliot Gregory, Worldly Ways and Byways

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Goes to seed is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go to seed.

Words near goes to seed in the dictionary

  1. goes to pot
  2. goes to press
  3. goes to Prestwich
  4. goes to ratshit
  5. goes to sea
  6. goes to seed
  7. goes to shit
  8. goes to show
  9. goes to sleep
  10. goes to smash
  11. goes to someone's head

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