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breed

[breed]

verb, bred, breed⋅ing, noun

–verb (used with object)

1.	to produce (offspring); procreate; engender.

2.	to produce by mating; propagate sexually; reproduce: Ten mice were bred in the laboratory.

Horticulture.

a.	to cause to reproduce by controlled pollination.

b.	to improve by controlled pollination and selection.

4.	to raise (cattle, sheep, etc.): He breeds longhorns on the ranch.

5.	to cause or be the source of; engender; give rise to: Dirt breeds disease. Stagnant water breeds mosquitoes.

6.	to develop by training or education; bring up; rear: He was born and bred a gentleman.

7.	Energy. to produce more fissile nuclear fuel than is consumed in a reactor.

8.	to impregnate; mate: Breed a strong mare with a fast stallion and hope for a Derby winner.

–verb (used without object)

9.	to produce offspring: Many animals breed in the spring.

10.	to be engendered or produced; grow; develop: Bacteria will not breed in alcohol.

11.	to cause the birth of young, as in raising stock.

12.	to be pregnant.

–noun

13.	Genetics. a relatively homogenous group of animals within a species, developed and maintained by humans.

14.	lineage; stock; strain: She comes from a fine breed of people.

15.	sort; kind; group: Scholars are a quiet breed.

16.	Offensive. half-breed (def. 2).

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME breden, OE brēdan to nourish (c. OHG bruotan, G brüten); n. use from 16th century

Related forms:

breed⋅a⋅ble, adjective

Synonyms:
1, 2. beget, bear, generate. 5. promote, occasion, foster, produce, induce, develop. 14. family, pedigree, line.

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