Breed Definition

brēd
bred, breeding, breeds
verb
bred, breeding, breeds
To bring forth (offspring) from the womb or hatch (young) from the egg.
Webster's New World
To bring forth offspring; reproduce.
Webster's New World
To bring about; engender.
American Heritage
To cause to reproduce; raise, esp. by controlled mating.
To breed dogs.
Webster's New World
To produce (plants) by selective pollination.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
  • not produce
noun
breeds
A group, or stock, of animals or plants descended from common ancestors and having similar characteristics, esp. such a group cultivated by humans.
Webster's New World
A kind; sort; type.
Men of the same breed.
Webster's New World
A person of mixed racial descent; a half-breed.
American Heritage

A race or lineage.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
idiom
breed a scab
  • To stir up trouble for oneself.
American Heritage
breed up a storm
  • To become cloudy.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Breed

Noun

Singular:
breed
Plural:
breeds

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Breed

  • breed a scab
  • breed up a storm

Origin of Breed

  • Middle English breden from Old English brēdan bhreu- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old English bredan, related to English brood, cognate with German brüten.

    From Wiktionary

Breed Sentence Examples

  • What breed do you raise?

  • The native breed of mules is remarkably fine.

  • The most remarkable feature about the breed is that the young are white.

  • The blue eyes -and the white coat of the kitten indicate that the Siamese breed is a semi-albino, which when adult tends towards melanism, such a combination of characters being apparently unknown in any other animal.

  • If the frequent presence of a kink in the tail be an inherent feature, the breed is evidently related to the other kink-tailed Malay cats which, as already stated, have a cry differing from that of European cats.

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Words Starting With

BBRBRE

Words Ending With

DEDEED

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Words Starting With B and Ending With D

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5 Letter Words5 Letter Words Starting With B5 Letter Words Ending With D