go to seed
go to seed · goes to seed · went to seed · gone to seed · going to seed
schießen, Samen bilden, in Samen schießen, vergammeln
To pass from flowering or ripening to the formation of seedsTo pass from flowering or ripening to the formation of seeds.
» Miroslav went to sow seeds.
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2 sensesTo pass from flowering or ripening to the formation of seeds.
schießen, in Samen schießen, Samen bilden
(broadly, figuratively)To deteriorate; to decline into an unkempt or debased condition.
verwahrlosen, vergammeln, herunterkommen
Examples
2 sentencesMiroslav went to sow seeds.
“Listen to this! A farmer went out to scatter seed.
Translations
3 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 2
plant: to pass to the formation of seeds:
to deteriorate:
Forms
goes to seed, going to seed, went to seed, gone to seed| Base form | go to seed · to go to seed |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | goes to seed |
| Present participle | going to seed |
| Past simple | went to seed |
| Past participle | gone to seed |
irregular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.