Definitions for breed
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Princeton's WordNet(4.50 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. breed, strain, stock(noun)

   a special variety of domesticated animals within a species

   "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new strain of sheep"

2. breed(verb)

   a special type

   "Google represents a new breed of entrepreneurs"

3. engender, breed, spawn(verb)

   call forth

4. breed, cover(verb)

   copulate with a female, used especially of horses

   "The horse covers the mare"

5. breed(verb)

   cause to procreate (animals)

   "She breeds dogs"

6. breed, multiply(verb)

   have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms)

   "pandas rarely breed in captivity"; "These bacteria reproduce"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. breed(Noun)

   All animals or plants of the same species or subspecies.

2. breed(Noun)

   A race or lineage.

3. breed(Noun)

   A group of people with shared characteristics.

   People who were taught classical Greek and Latin at school are a dying breed.

4. breed(Verb)

   To sexually produce offspring.

5. breed(Verb)

   Of animals, to mate.

6. breed(Verb)

   To keep animals and have them reproduce in a way that improves the next generation's qualities.

7. breed(Verb)

   To arrange the mating of specific animals.

   She wanted to breed her cow to the neighbor's registered bull.

8. breed(Verb)

   To propagate or grow plants trying to give them certain qualities.

   He tries to breed blue roses.

9. breed(Verb)

   To make sure that one's young grow up to adulthood.

10. breed(Verb)

    To yield or result in.

11. breed(Verb)

    To ejaculate inside the penetratee during intercourse, especially in the rectum.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Breed(verb)

   to produce as offspring; to bring forth; to bear; to procreate; to generate; to beget; to hatch

2. Breed(verb)

   to take care of in infancy, and through the age of youth; to bring up; to nurse and foster

3. Breed(verb)

   to educate; to instruct; to form by education; to train; -- sometimes followed by up

4. Breed(verb)

   to engender; to cause; to occasion; to originate; to produce; as, to breed a storm; to breed disease

5. Breed(verb)

   to give birth to; to be the native place of; as, a pond breeds fish; a northern country breeds stout men

6. Breed(verb)

   to raise, as any kind of stock

7. Breed(verb)

   to produce or obtain by any natural process

8. Breed(verb)

   to bear and nourish young; to reproduce or multiply itself; to be pregnant

9. Breed(verb)

   to be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated, or to grow, as young before birth

10. Breed(verb)

    to have birth; to be produced or multiplied

11. Breed(verb)

    to raise a breed; to get progeny

12. Breed(noun)

    a race or variety of men or other animals (or of plants), perpetuating its special or distinctive characteristics by inheritance

13. Breed(noun)

    class; sort; kind; -- of men, things, or qualities

14. Breed(noun)

    a number produced at once; a brood

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Breed

   A breed is a specific group of domestic animals or plants having homogeneous appearance, homogeneous behavior, and other characteristics that distinguish it from other animals or plants of the same species and that were arrived at through selective breeding. Despite the centrality of the idea of "breeds" to animal husbandry, no scientifically accepted definition of the term exists. A breed is therefore not an objective or biologically verifiable classification but is instead a term of art amongst groups of breeders who share a consensus around what qualities make some members of a given species members of a nameable subset. The term is distinguished from landrace, which refers to a naturally occurring regional variety of domestic animal through uncontrolled breeding. When bred together, animals of the same breed pass on these predictable traits to their offspring, and this ability—known as "breeding true"—is a requirement for a breed. Plant breeds are more commonly known as cultivars. The offspring produced as a result of breeding animals of one breed with other animals of another breed are known as crossbreeds or mixed breeds. Crosses between animal or plant variants above the level of breed/cultivar are referred to as hybrids.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Breed

   brēd, v.t. to generate or bring forth: to train or bring up: to cause or occasion.—v.i. to be with young: to produce offspring: to be produced or brought forth:—pa.t. and pa.p. bred.—n. that which is bred, progeny or offspring: kind or race.—ns. Breed′-bate (Shak.), one who is constantly breeding or producing debate or strife; Breed′er, one who breeds or brings up; Breed′ing, act of producing: education or manners.—Breeding in-and-in, pairing of similar forms: marrying always among near relations. [A.S. brédan, to cherish, keep warm; Ger. brüten, to hatch.]

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'breed' in Nouns Frequency: #1971

2. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'breed' in Verbs Frequency: #802

Anagrams for breed »

1. brede

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of breed in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of breed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of breed in a Sentence

1. Aesop:

   Familiarity breed contempt.

2. Philip Crosby, Reflections on Quality:

   Successful people breed success.

3. William Shakespeare:

   How use doth breed a habit in a man.

4. William Shakespeare, "The Two Gentlemen of Verona", Act 5 scene 4:

   How use doth breed a habit in a man!

5. Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights Chapter 7:

   Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves.

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