present participle of eat one's seed corn

simple past tense of eat one's seed corn

past participle of eat one's seed corn

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of eat one's seed corn

(idiomatic, informal) To consume what is meant for investment instead.

Full of seeds. / (figuratively) Disreputable, run-down. / Untidy; unkempt. / Infirm; unwell; gone to seed. / Suffering the effects of a hangover. / Having the flavour of seeds.

(botany) A young plant grown from seed. / one grown in a nursery for transplanting. / a tree smaller than a sapling.

(historical) In the 19th century, an ex-slave, rescued from French, Portuguese or Zanzibari vessels off north-east Africa and locally recruited into the Royal Navy.

Ground prepared for the planting of seeds. / (figuratively) A place conducive to development and attainment.

plural of seedcase