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breed

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: breed

1
 vn
cause to procreate (animals)
a special variety of domesticated animals within a species
2
 v
call forth
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: breed
1

v cause to procreate (animals)

“She breeds dogs”
Types:
mongrelise, mongrelize
cause to become a mongrel
cross, crossbreed, hybridise, hybridize, interbreed
breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
backcross
mate a hybrid of the first generation with one of its parents
Type of:
create, make, produce
create or manufacture a man-made product

v have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms)

“pandas rarely breed in captivity”
Synonyms:
multiply
Types:
pullulate
breed freely and abundantly
Type of:
multiply, procreate, reproduce
have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant

v copulate with a female, used especially of horses

Synonyms:
cover
brood, cover, hatch, incubate
sit on (eggs)
Type of:
copulate, couple, mate, pair
engage in sexual intercourse

n a special variety of domesticated animals within a species

“he experimented on a particular breed of white rats”
Synonyms:
stock, strain
Types:
bloodstock
thoroughbred horses (collectively)
pedigree
line of descent of a purebred animal
Type of:
animal group
a group of animals
variety
(biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics

n a special type

“Google represents a new breed of entrepreneurs”
Type of:
type
a subdivision of a particular kind of thing
2

v call forth

Synonyms:
engender, spawn
Type of:
cause, do, make
give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
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