Defenition of the word breed
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Defenition of the word breed
- A domesticated subspecies or infrasubspecies of an animal.
- a special lineage; "a breed of Americans"
- of plants or animals; "She breeds dogs"
- copulate with a female, used esp. of horses; "The horse covers the mare"
- have young; used of animals; derogatory when used for people
- a lineage or race of people
- a special kind of domesticated animals within a species; "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new variety of sheep"
- call forth
- half-caste offspring of parents of different races (especially of white and Indian parents)
- 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"
- have young (animals); "pandas rarely breed in captivity"
- copulate with a female, used especially of horses; "The horse covers the mare"
- a special type
- a special variety of domesticated animals within a species
- have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms)
- cause to procreate (animals)
- copulate with a female, used especially of horses
Synonyms for the word breed
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- cover
- engender
- half-breed
- multiply
- spawn
- stock
- strain
- variety
Meronymys for the word breed
Hyponyms for the word breed
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- bloodstock
- cross
- crossbreed
- hybridise
- hybridize
- interbreed
- metis
- mongrelise
- mongrelize
- pedigree
- pullulate
Hypernyms for the word breed
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- ancestry
- animal group
- blood
- blood line
- bloodline
- cause
- copulate
- couple
- create
- derivation
- descent
- do
- filiation
- half-caste
- line
- line of descent
- lineage
- make
- mate
- multiply
- origin
- pair
- parentage
- pedigree
- procreate
- produce
- reproduce
- stemma
- stock
- surname
- type
- variety
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