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breed
(br/i/d )

noun (n)

  • a special variety of domesticated animals within a species(noun.group)
    Example:
    He experimented on a particular breed of white rats.
    Synonym:
    stock, strain
    source: wordnet30
  • a special type(noun.cognition)
    Example:
    Google represents a new breed of entrepreneurs.
    source: wordnet30
  • A race or variety of men or other animals (or of plants), perpetuating its special or distinctive characteristics by inheritance.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • call forth(verb.creation)
    Synonym:
    engender, spawn
    source: wordnet30
  • copulate with a female, used especially of horses(verb.contact)
    Synonym:
    cover
    source: wordnet30
  • cause to procreate (animals)(verb.contact)
    Example:
    She breeds dogs.
    source: wordnet30
  • have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms)(verb.body)
    Example:
    Pandas rarely breed in captivity.
    Synonym:
    multiply
    source: wordnet30
  • To produce as offspring; to bring forth; to bear; to procreate; to generate; to beget; to hatch.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To bear and nourish young; to reproduce or multiply itself; to be pregnant.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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