What does breed mean?
Definitions for breed
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Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word breed.
Princeton's WordNet
breed, strain, stocknoun
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"
breedverb
a special type
"Google represents a new breed of entrepreneurs"
engender, breed, spawnverb
call forth
breed, coververb
copulate with a female, used especially of horses
"The horse covers the mare"
breedverb
cause to procreate (animals)
"She breeds dogs"
breed, multiplyverb
have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms)
"pandas rarely breed in captivity"; "These bacteria reproduce"
Wiktionary
breednoun
All animals or plants of the same species or subspecies.
breednoun
A race or lineage.
breednoun
A group of people with shared characteristics.
People who were taught classical Greek and Latin at school are a dying breed.
breedverb
To sexually produce offspring.
breedverb
Of animals, to mate.
breedverb
To keep animals and have them reproduce in a way that improves the next generation's qualities.
breedverb
To arrange the mating of specific animals.
She wanted to breed her cow to the neighbor's registered bull.
breedverb
To propagate or grow plants trying to give them certain qualities.
He tries to breed blue roses.
breedverb
To make sure that one's young grow up to adulthood.
breedverb
To yield or result in.
breedverb
To ejaculate inside the penetratee during intercourse, especially in the rectum.
Webster Dictionary
Breedverb
to produce as offspring; to bring forth; to bear; to procreate; to generate; to beget; to hatch
Breedverb
to take care of in infancy, and through the age of youth; to bring up; to nurse and foster
Breedverb
to educate; to instruct; to form by education; to train; -- sometimes followed by up
Breedverb
to engender; to cause; to occasion; to originate; to produce; as, to breed a storm; to breed disease
Breedverb
to give birth to; to be the native place of; as, a pond breeds fish; a northern country breeds stout men
Breedverb
to raise, as any kind of stock
Breedverb
to produce or obtain by any natural process
Breedverb
to bear and nourish young; to reproduce or multiply itself; to be pregnant
Breedverb
to be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated, or to grow, as young before birth
Breedverb
to have birth; to be produced or multiplied
Breedverb
to raise a breed; to get progeny
Breednoun
a race or variety of men or other animals (or of plants), perpetuating its special or distinctive characteristics by inheritance
Breednoun
class; sort; kind; -- of men, things, or qualities
Breednoun
a number produced at once; a brood
Freebase
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
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.]
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Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'breed' in Nouns Frequency: #1971
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'breed' in Verbs Frequency: #802
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of breed in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of breed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of breed in a Sentence
During his leadership of New Breed Logistics, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy sought and received legal advice from the former General Counsel of the Federal Election Commission on election laws, including the law of political contributions, to ensure that he, New Breed Logistics and any person affiliated with New Breed fully complied with any and all laws.
Don't mistake pleasure for happiness. They are a different breed of dogs.
A cross-breed can eat feed with high dry matter, and farmers know they can get more out of a cross in terms of milk or meat with the right feeding.
That erroneous assumption is to the effect that the aim of public education is to fill the young of the species with knowledge and awaken their intelligence, and so make them fit to discharge the duties of citizenship in an enlightened and independent manner. Nothing could be further from the truth. The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all, it is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same safe level, to breed and train a standardized citizenry, to put down dissent and originality. That is its aim in the United States, whatever the pretensions of politicians, pedagogues and other such mountebanks, and that is its aim everywhere else.
I understand the intention and spirit of the letter from the Chief of Police encouraging recently separated officers to return with a monetary incentive but the larger issue here is that officers who have been loyal to the city have not been offered a financial incentive for staying, uneven pay will breed a larger chasm related to morale issues brewing at the department. It’s important to maintain equity and fairness in pay across the board.
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Translations for breed
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- ربى, تربيةArabic
- порода, род, развъждам, отглеждам, произход, пораждамBulgarian
- raça, criar, engendrarCatalan, Valencian
- rasa, plemeno, šlechtitCzech
- raceDanish
- hervorrufen, Rasse, erzeugen, züchten, verursachen, Sorte, aufziehen, paaren, brütenGerman
- ράτσαGreek
- raso, brediEsperanto
- variedad, raza, aparear, criar, cultivar, casta, cepa, procrear, engendrarSpanish
- پرورش و اصلاح نژادPersian
- astuttaa, lisääntyä, synnyttää, rotu, jalostaa, kasvattaa, paritellaFinnish
- se reproduire, race, engendrer, éleverFrench
- síolraigh, póraigh, síolrachIrish
- gnè, seòrsaScottish Gaelic
- नस्लHindi
- nemz, szaporodik, tenyészt, fajtaHungarian
- besar, berkembang biakIndonesian
- edukarIdo
- razza, riprodursi, allevareItalian
- 育てる, 繁殖Japanese
- ತಳಿKannada
- 낳다, 가꾸다, 기르다, 품종, 계통, 치다, 거두다, 일으키다Korean
- бак, порода, багууKyrgyz
- educ tecum,Latin
- whakaaiaiMāori
- bakaMalay
- variëteit, broeden, fokken, rasDutch
- avleNorwegian
- płodzić, hodować, gatunek, rasa, rozmnażać się, wychowywaćPolish
- variedade, cruzar, criar, gerar, raça, procriar, cultivarPortuguese
- rasăRomanian
- разводить, развести, сорт, раса, племя, плодиться, размножаться, порода, родRussian
- soj, pasmina, rasa, lozaSerbo-Croatian
- plemeno, rasaSlovak
- avla, föröka, rasSwedish
- இனப்பெருக்கம்Tamil
- జాతినిTelugu
- สายพันธุ์Thai
- doğurmakTurkish
- породаUkrainian
- نسلUrdu
- giốngVietnamese
- האָדעוועןYiddish
- 品种Chinese
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