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Definition of 'breed'English
Alternative forms
* breede (archaic)
Verb
To produce offspring sexually; to bear young.
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To give birth to; to be the native place of.
- a pond breeds''' fish; a northern country '''breeds stout men
* Shakespeare
- Yet every mother breeds not sons alike.
Of animals, to mate.
To keep animals and have them reproduce in a way that improves the next generation’s qualities.
To arrange the mating of specific animals.
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To propagate or grow plants trying to give them certain qualities.
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To take care of in infancy and through childhood; to bring up.
* Dryden
- to bring thee forth with pain, with care to breed
* Everett
- born and bred on the verge of the wilderness
To yield or result in.
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* Milton
- Lest the place / And my quaint habits breed astonishment.
(obsolete) To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated, or to grow, like young before birth.
To educate; to instruct; to form by education; to train; sometimes followed by up .
* Bishop Burnet
- No care was taken to breed him a Protestant.
* John Locke
- His farm may not remove his children too far from him, or the trade he breeds them up in.
To produce or obtain by any natural process.
* John Locke
- Children would breed their teeth with less danger.
To have birth; to be produced or multiplied.
* Shakespeare
- Heavens rain grace / On that which breeds between them.
Synonyms
* (take care of in infancy and through childhood) raise, bring up, rear
Noun
( en-noun)
All animals or plants of the same species or subspecies.
- a breed of tulip
- a breed of animal
A race or lineage.
(informal) A group of people with shared characteristics.
- People who were taught classical Greek and Latin at school are a dying breed .
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