breed

/bɹiːd/

noun

  1. 1

    All animals or plants of the same species or subspecies.

    a breed of animal
  2. 2

    A race or lineage; offspring or issue.

  3. 3

    A group of people with shared characteristics.

    People who were taught classical Greek and Latin at school are a dying breed.

verb

  1. 1

    To produce offspring sexually; to bear young.

  2. 2

    To give birth to; to be the native place of.

    a pond breeds fish; a northern country breeds stout men
  3. 3

    Of animals, to mate.

  4. 4

    To keep animals and have them reproduce in a way that improves the next generation’s qualities.

  5. 5

    To arrange the mating of specific animals.

    She wanted to breed her cow to the neighbor's registered bull.
  6. 6

    To propagate or grow plants trying to give them certain qualities.

    He tries to breed blue roses.
  7. 7

    To take care of in infancy and through childhood; to bring up.

  8. 8

    To yield or result in.

    disaster breeds famine;  familiarity breeds contempt
  9. 9

    To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated, or to grow, like young before birth.

  10. 10

    (sometimes as breed up) To educate; to instruct; to bring up

  11. 11

    To produce or obtain by any natural process.

  12. 12

    To have birth; to be produced, developed or multiplied.

  13. 13

    To ejaculate inside someone's ass

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