Definition of breeds Breeds
/bɹiˈdz/ - [breedz] -
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What does breeds mean?
Wiktionary 
- breeds (Noun)
Plural of breed.
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| 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 | ||
| variety a difference that is usually pleasant; "he goes to France for variety"; "it is a refreshing change to meet a woman mechanic" | ||
| animal group a group of animals | ||
| species a specific kind of something; "a species of molecule"; "a species of villainy" | ||
| bloodstock thoroughbred horses (collectively) | ||
| breed - a special type; "Google represents a new breed of entrepreneurs" | ||
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| breed - cause to procreate (animals); "She breeds dogs" | ||
| create, produce, make create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses" | ||
| 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" | ||
| breed - have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms); "pandas rarely breed in captivity"; "These bacteria reproduce" | ||
| multiply | ||
| procreate, multiply, reproduce combine or increase by multiplication; "He managed to multiply his profits" | ||
| pullulate breed freely and abundantly | ||
| breed - copulate with a female, used especially of horses; "The horse covers the mare" | ||
| cover | ||
| copulate, mate, couple, pair engage in sexual intercourse; "Birds mate in the Spring" | ||
| animal husbandry breeding and caring for farm animals | ||
| incubate, brood, hatch, cover grow under conditions that promote development | ||
| 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" | ||
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Wiktionary
- breed (Noun)
All animals or plants of the same species or subspecies. - breed (Noun)
A race or lineage. - breed (Noun)
A group of people with shared characteristics. - breed (Verb)
To sexually produce offspring. - breed (Verb)
Of animals, to mate. - breed (Verb)
To keep animals and have them reproduce in a way that improves the next generation’s qualities. - breed (Verb)
To arrange the mating of specific animals. - breed (Verb)
To propagate or grow plants trying to give them certain qualities. - breed (Verb)
To make sure that one's young grow up to adulthood. - breed (Verb)
To yield or result in.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary đŸ“˜
- breed (v. t.)
To produce as offspring; to bring forth; to bear; to procreate; to generate; to beget; to hatch. - breed (v. t.)
To take care of in infancy, and through the age of youth; to bring up; to nurse and foster. - breed (v. t.)
To educate; to instruct; to form by education; to train; -- sometimes followed by up. - breed (v. t.)
To engender; to cause; to occasion; to originate; to produce; as, to breed a storm; to breed disease. - breed (v. t.)
To give birth to; to be the native place of; as, a pond breeds fish; a northern country breeds stout men. - breed (v. t.)
To raise, as any kind of stock. - breed (v. t.)
To produce or obtain by any natural process. - breed (v. i.)
To bear and nourish young; to reproduce or multiply itself; to be pregnant. - breed (v. i.)
To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated, or to grow, as young before birth. - breed (v. i.)
To have birth; to be produced or multiplied. - breed (v. i.)
To raise a breed; to get progeny. - breed (n.)
A race or variety of men or other animals (or of plants), perpetuating its special or distinctive characteristics by inheritance. - breed (n.)
Class; sort; kind; -- of men, things, or qualities. - breed (n.)
A number produced at once; a brood.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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breed
A domesticated subspecies or infrasubspecies of an animal.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary đŸ“•
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breed
brÄ“d, v.t. to generate or bring forth: to train or bring up: to cause or occasion.—v.i. to be with young: to produce offspring: to be produced or brought forth:—pa.t. and pa.p. bred.—n. that which is bred, progeny or offspring: kind or race.—ns. Breed′-bate (Shak.), one who is constantly breeding or producing debate or strife; Breed′er, one who breeds or brings up; Breed′ing, act of producing: education or manners.—Breeding in-and-in, pairing of similar forms: marrying always among near relations. [A.S. brĂ©dan, to cherish, keep warm; Ger. brĂ¼ten, to hatch.]
Wikipedia 
- A breed is a domesticated subspecies of an animal. The term may also be used as a verb. In this way, to "breed" an animal is to make sure that it has offspring that improves the next generation’s qualities. A "breeder" is a person who maintains and creates different breeds of animals or plants.
