breed

breed  (brd)

v. bred (brd), breed·ing, breeds

v.tr.

1. To produce (offspring); give birth to or hatch.

2. To bring about; engender: "Admission of guilt tends to breed public sympathy" Jonathan Alter.

3.

a. To cause to reproduce, especially by controlled mating and selection: breed cattle.

b. To develop new or improved strains in (organisms), chiefly through controlled mating and selection of offspring for desirable traits.

c. To inseminate or impregnate; mate with.

4. To rear or train; bring up: a writer who was bred in a seafaring culture.

5. To be the place of origin of: Austria breeds great skiers.

6. To produce (fissionable material) in a breeder reactor.

v.intr.

1. To produce offspring.

2. To copulate; mate.

3. To originate and develop: Mischief breeds in bored minds.

n.

1. A group of organisms having common ancestors and certain distinguishable characteristics, especially a group within a species developed by artificial selection and maintained by controlled propagation.

2. A kind; a sort: a new breed of politician; a new breed of computer.

3. Offensive A person of mixed racial descent; a half-breed.

Idioms:

breed a scab/scabs on (one's) nose Regional

To stir up trouble for oneself.

breed up a storm New England

To become cloudy.

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[Middle English breden, from Old English brdan; see bhreu- in Indo-European roots.]

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breed

Verb

[breeding, bred]

1. to produce new or improved strains of (domestic animals and plants)

2. to produce or cause to produce by mating

3. to bear (offspring)

4. to bring up; raise: she was city bred

5. to produce or be produced: the agreement bred confidence between the two

Noun

1. a group of animals, esp. domestic animals, within a species, that have certain clearly defined characteristics

2. a kind, sort, or group: he was a gentleman, a breed not greatly admired

3. a lineage or race [Old English brēdan]

breeder n

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breed  (brd)

Verb

1. To produce or reproduce by giving birth or hatching.

2. To raise animals or plants, often to produce new or improved types.

Noun

A group of organisms having common ancestors and sharing certain traits that are not shared with other members of the same species. Breeds are usually produced by mating selected parents.

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Breed a race or variety of animals; a class, sort, or kind of men, things, or qualities; a number produced at one time. See also brood.

Examples: breed of bees [a brood], 1580; of duckling, 1802; of thinkers; of wits, 1588.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	breed - 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" strain, stock animal group - a group of animals variety - (biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics; "varieties are frequently recognized in botany" bloodstock - thoroughbred horses (collectively) pedigree - line of descent of a purebred animal species - (biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed
	2.	breed - a special type; "Google represents a new breed of entrepreneurs" type - a subdivision of a particular kind of thing; "what type of sculpture do you prefer?"
Verb	1.	breed - call forth engender, spawn cause, do, make - give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident"
	2.	breed - copulate with a female, used especially of horses; "The horse covers the mare" cover animal husbandry - breeding and caring for farm animals incubate, hatch, brood, cover - sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs" copulate, mate, couple, pair - engage in sexual intercourse; "Birds mate in the Spring"
	3.	breed - cause to procreate (animals); "She breeds dogs" mongrelise, mongrelize - cause to become a mongrel; "mongrelized dogs" crossbreed, hybridise, hybridize, interbreed, cross - breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties; "cross a horse and a donkey"; "Mendel tried crossbreeding"; "these species do not interbreed" produce, create, make - create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries"
	4.	breed - have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms); "pandas rarely breed in captivity"; "These bacteria reproduce" multiply procreate, reproduce, multiply - have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant; "The Bible tells people to procreate" pullulate - breed freely and abundantly

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breed

noun 1. variety, race, stock, type, species, strain, pedigree

noun 2. kind, sort, type, variety, brand, stamp

verb 3. rear, tend, keep, raise, maintain, farm, look after, care for, bring up, nurture, nourish

verb 4. reproduce, multiply, propagate, procreate, produce offspring, bear young, bring forth young, generate offspring, beget offspring, develop

verb 5. produce, cause, create, occasion, generate, bring about, arouse, originate, give rise to, stir up

Translations

breed [briːd] vb [pt, pp bred] [brɛd]

vt → criar;

(fig) [+ hate, suspicion]; crear, engendrar

vi → reproducirse, procrear

n → raza, casta

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breed [briːd] [bred , pt , pp ] [brɛd] vt → élever, faire l'élevage de (fig) [+ hate, suspicion]; engendrer

vi → se reproduire

n → race f, variété f

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breed [briːd] [bred , pt, pp ] vt → züchten (fig) (give rise to) → erzeugen: : (hate, suspicion) → hervorrufen

vi → Junge pl haben

n → Rasse f;

(type, class) → Art f

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breed [briːd] vb [pt bred, pp ] [brɛd]

vt → allevare;

(fig) [+ hate, suspicion]; generare, provocare

vi → riprodursi

n → razza, varietà f inv