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breed
Verb
  • ∙ To produce offspring sexually; to bear young.
  • ∙ To give birth to; to be the native place of. transitive
  • ∙ Of animals, to mate.
  • ∙ To keep animals and have them reproduce in a way that improves the next generation’s qualities.
  • ∙ To arrange the mating of specific animals.
  • ∙ To propagate or grow plants trying to give them certain qualities.
  • ∙ To take care of in infancy and through childhood; to bring up.
  • ∙ To yield or result in.
  • ∙ To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated, or to grow, like young before birth. obsolete, intransitive
  • ∙ To educate; to instruct; to form by education; to train; sometimes followed by up.
  • ∙ To produce or obtain by any natural process.
  • ∙ To have birth; to be produced or multiplied. intransitive
Noun
  • ∙ All animals or plants of the same species or subspecies.
  • ∙ A race or lineage.
  • ∙ A group of people with shared characteristics. informal
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