American Sign Language: "seed" or "to plant" The concept of a "seed" is generally fingerspelled S-E-E-D. The plural form of the concept, "seeds" is expressed by rubbing your fingers and thumb together as if your were sprinkling seeds onto the ground. You could sign "seeds" and then hold up a modified "G" hand (as if showing an individual seed) to mean "seed." Suppose you needed a sign for "planting" or I'm going to "plant" my garden this weekend? You could use the sign below. Make sure to "rub your fingers and thumb together" as you move the hand forward about a foot. If you don't move the hand forward and you rub the fingers and thumb together a couple times--it can mean "seeds." SEEDS = "planting seeds" (verb) If you use a single, strong, forward movement in which the thumb slides across the fingers once and ends up "extended" and pointing down a bit that would mean "planted." See: SPRING Want to help support ASL University? It's easy: DONATE (Thanks!) (You don't need a PayPal account. Just look for the credit card logos and click continue.) Another way to help is to buy Dr. Bill's "Superdisk." Dr. Bill's new iPhone "Fingerspelling Practice" app is now available! CHECK IT OUT > Want even more ASL resources? Visit the "ASL Training Center!" (Subscription Extension of ASLU) CHECK IT OUT > Bandwidth slow? Check out "ASLUniversity.com" (a free mirror of Lifeprint.com less traffic, fast access) VISIT > You can learn sign language (ASL) online at American Sign Language University ™ Lifeprint.com © Dr. William Vicars

American Sign Language: "seed" or "to plant"

The concept of a "seed" is generally fingerspelled S-E-E-D.

The plural form of the concept, "seeds" is expressed by rubbing your fingers and thumb together as if your were sprinkling seeds onto the ground. You could sign "seeds" and then hold up a modified "G" hand (as if showing an individual seed) to mean "seed."

Suppose you needed a sign for "planting" or I'm going to "plant" my garden this weekend? You could use the sign below. Make sure to "rub your fingers and thumb together" as you move the hand forward about a foot. If you don't move the hand forward and you rub the fingers and thumb together a couple times--it can mean "seeds."

SEEDS = "planting seeds" (verb)

If you use a single, strong, forward movement in which the thumb slides across the fingers once and ends up "extended" and pointing down a bit that would mean "planted."

See: SPRING

Want to help support ASL University? It's easy: DONATE (Thanks!)
(You don't need a PayPal account. Just look for the credit card logos and click continue.)

Another way to help is to buy Dr. Bill's "Superdisk."

Dr. Bill's new iPhone "Fingerspelling Practice" app is now available! CHECK IT OUT >

Want even more ASL resources? Visit the "ASL Training Center!" (Subscription Extension of ASLU) CHECK IT OUT >

Bandwidth slow? Check out "ASLUniversity.com" (a free mirror of Lifeprint.com less traffic, fast access) VISIT >