I am planted in gardens and sold by the packet;
I’m placing a team in a tournament bracket;
Coax rain from a cloud when with ice you attack it;
And cash for a startup from those who would back it.

Who am I?

UPDATE: Riddle solved by Asher. See comments for answer.

I’m the years of a youth; an auxiliary ship;
I am money that’s legal; a sensitive lip;
To present resignation, or give a pink slip;
I am loving affection; or fried chicken strip.

Who am I?

UPDATE: Riddle solved by Alex. See comments for answer.

I’m your usual preference to ask for a date;
I’m to cast in a role only based on one trait;
I can classify blood that you need or donate;
And you count words per minute to measure my rate.

Who am I?

UPDATE: Riddle solved by Alex. See comments for answer.

I’m to let loose your tongue to spread word or defame;
To reproach with a finger when calling out shame;
I’m a mischievous wit; I’m a footballer’s flame;
And I’m shaking your tail to convey that you’re tame.

Who am I?

UPDATE: Riddle solved by Asher. See comments for answer.

I’m to end a night’s sleep as you rise up in bed;
I’m the waves left behind when a ship moves ahead;
I’m the group name for vultures that’s used when they’ve fed;
And a party that’s held to watch over the dead.

Who am I?

UPDATE: Riddle solved by Alex. See comments for answer.

I’m the North to the South from when they would combat;
But abroad, an American, separate from that;
I’m on base in the Bronx when the home team’s at bat;
And a dandy named Doodle with feather in hat.

Who am I?

UPDATE: Riddle solved by Alex. See comments for answer.

I am closing a building, or folding a store;
Power off a computer, or nuclear core;
To become so stressed out you don’t try anymore;
And a government stoppage, its branches at war.

Who am I?

UPDATE: Riddle solved by Asher. See comments for answer.

I proceed on the clock; on the farm, I assist;
I’m a round of applause; I’m attached at the wrist;
I’m a pledge asked for marriage; where gentlemen kissed;
And the cards you are dealt playing poker or whist.

Who am I?

UPDATE: Riddle solved by Alex Yaroslavskiy. See comments for answer.

I’m a liquid dispenser for water or beer;
I’m a kind of a dance you can see and can hear;
Send a message in Morse; install listening gear;
And remove from the spine excess fluid that’s clear.

Who am I?

UPDATE: Riddle solved by Bronx Richie. See comments for answer.

I’m a sack for your back that a camper might use;
To put clothes in your suitcase to take on a cruise;
I’m a new deck of cards; I am ice for a bruise;
I’m a cigarette box; and six linked cans of booze.

Who am I?

UPDATE: Riddle solved by Jason. See comments for answer.