Breed definition
To produce (offspring); give birth to or hatch.
verb
A kind; a sort.
A new breed of politician; a new breed of computer.
noun
To bring about; engender.
verb
To bring forth (offspring) from the womb or hatch (young) from the egg.
verb
To cause to reproduce; raise, esp. by controlled mating.
To breed dogs.
verb
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To be the source of; produce.
Ignorance breeds prejudice.
verb
To inseminate or impregnate; mate with.
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To propagate or grow plants trying to give them certain qualities.
He tries to breed blue roses.
verb
To rear or train; bring up.
A writer who was bred in a seafaring culture.
verb
To be the place of origin of.
Austria breeds great skiers.
verb
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A kind; sort; type.
Men of the same breed.
noun
The definition of a breed is a group of animals that has a specific characteristic or trait.
The beagle is an example of a dog breed.
noun
To breed is to cause reproduction by controlled mating to achieve a desired trait, or to cause something to happen over time.
When you mate two dogs together in order to create a pure bred dog, this is an example of a situation where you breed dogs.
When you foster resentment over time by constantly complaining, this is an example of a situation where you breed resentment.
verb
To produce offspring.
verb
To copulate; mate.
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To originate and develop.
Mischief breeds in bored minds.
verb
To produce (fissile material) in a breeder reactor.
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To produce (plants) by selective pollination.
verb
To mate with.
verb
To develop (a stock or certain characteristics in it) by such mating or pollination.
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To cause to reproduce, especially by controlled mating and selection.
Breed cattle.
verb
To develop new or improved strains in organisms, chiefly through controlled mating and selection of offspring for desirable traits.
verb
To inseminate or impregnate; mate with.
verb
To give birth to; to be the native place of.
A pond breeds fish; a northern country breeds stout men.
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Of animals, to mate.
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To keep animals and have them reproduce in a way that improves the next generation’s qualities.
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To arrange the mating of specific animals.
She wanted to breed her cow to the neighbor's registered bull.
verb
To take care of in infancy and through childhood; to bring up.
verb
To yield or result in.
Disaster breeds famine; familiarity breeds contempt.
verb
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To educate; to instruct; to form by education; to train; sometimes followed by up.
verb
To produce or obtain by any natural process.
verb
All animals or plants of the same species or subspecies.
A breed of tulip.
A breed of animal.
noun
(informal) A group of people with shared characteristics.
People who were taught classical Greek and Latin at school are a dying breed.
noun
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(offensive) A person of mixed racial descent; a half-breed.
noun
To bring up, train, or educate.
He was bred to be a gentleman.
verb
To be produced; originate.
Crime breeds in slums.
verb
To bring forth offspring; reproduce.
verb
To produce offspring; give birth to or hatch.
verb
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A group of organisms having common ancestors and certain distinguishable characteristics, especially a group within a species developed by artificial selection and maintained by controlled propagation.
noun
To produce or reproduce by giving birth or hatching.
verb
To raise animals or plants, often to produce new or improved types.
verb
A group of organisms having common ancestors and sharing certain traits that are not shared with other members of the same species. Breeds are usually produced by mating selected parents.
noun
To cause to reproduce, especially by controlled mating and selection.
Breed cattle.
verb
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To develop new or improved strains in (organisms), chiefly through controlled mating and selection of offspring for desirable traits.
verb
A group of organisms having common ancestors and certain distinguishable characteristics, especially a group within a species developed by artificial selection and maintained by controlled propagation.
noun
A group, or stock, of animals or plants descended from common ancestors and having similar characteristics, esp. such a group cultivated by humans.
noun
To produce (fissionable material) in a breeder reactor.
verb
(regional) breed a scab
- To stir up trouble for oneself.
idiom
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(new england) breed up a storm
- To become cloudy.
idiom
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
breed a scab
breed up a storm