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Breed

🔄 Synonyms of "Breed"

8 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
strainnoun	(biology) A particular variety of a microbe, virus, or other organism, usually a taxonomically infraspecific one.
stocknoun	A store or supply.
coververb	A lid.
engenderverb	(transitive) To bring into existence (a situation, quality, result etc.); to give rise to, cause, create.
varietynoun	(countable) A collection or number of different things.
multiplyverb	(transitive) To increase the amount, degree or number of (something).
half-breednoun	(dated, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A person of mixed racial parentage or ancestry, especially one of mixed white and American Indian parentage (metis, métis, Metis, Métis; mestizo).
spawnverb	(transitive) To produce or deposit (eggs) in water.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Breed"

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Word	Definition
engenderverb	(transitive) To bring into existence (a situation, quality, result etc.); to give rise to, cause, create.
spawnverb	(transitive) To produce or deposit (eggs) in water.
coververb	A lid.
varietynoun	(countable) A collection or number of different things.
strainnoun	(biology) A particular variety of a microbe, virus, or other organism, usually a taxonomically infraspecific one.
multiplyverb	(transitive) To increase the amount, degree or number of (something).
half-breednoun	(dated, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A person of mixed racial parentage or ancestry, especially one of mixed white and American Indian parentage (metis, métis, Metis, Métis; mestizo).
stocknoun	A store or supply.
reproducingnoun	(nonstandard in the plural) reproduction
reproductivenoun	Of or relating to reproduction.
reproductionnoun	The act of reproducing new individuals biologically.
procreateverb	(intransitive) To reproduce.
begetverb	To produce or bring forth (a child); to be a parent of; to father or sire.
speciesnoun	(biology) A group of sexually reproducing organisms of which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction, usually having similar appearance.
infestationnoun	The presence of a large number of pest organisms in an area or field, on the surface of a host or anything that might contact a host, or in the soil.
nurtureverb	The act or process of encouraging the growth or development of something.
cultivateverb	To grow plants, notably crops.
sowverb	(ambitransitive) To scatter, disperse, or plant (seeds).
husbandrynoun	The occupation or work of a husbandman or farmer; the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock; agriculture.
feednoun	(transitive) To give (someone or something) food to eat.