breed

breed: I. verb (bred; breeding) Etymology: Middle English breden, from Old English brēdan; akin to Old English brōd brood Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation 2. a. beget 1 b. produce, engender <
despair often breeds violence
> 3. to propagate (plants or animals) sexually and usually under controlled conditions <
bred several strains of corn together to produce a superior variety
> 4. a. bring up, nurture <
born and bred in the country
> b. to inculcate by training <
breed good manners into one's children
> 5. a. mate IV,3 b. to mate with ; inseminate c. impregnate 2 6. to produce (a fissionable element) by bombarding a nonfissionable element with neutrons from a radioactive element intransitive verb 1. a. to produce offspring by sexual union b. copulate, mate 2. to propagate animals or plants II. noun Date: 1553 1. a group of usually domesticated animals or plants presumably related by descent from common ancestors and visibly similar in most characters 2. a number of persons of the same stock 3. class, kind <
a new breed of athlete
>

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Synonyms:

Bring forth, bear, conceive and bring to birth, beget, produce, engender, Bring forth young, produce off-spring / Nourish, nurture, foster, bring up, rear, raise, Be born, be produced, have birth, arise, take rise, grow, develop / Discipline, educate, instruct, train, teach, school, bring up, nurture, rear, Raise live-stock, engage in breeding, Race (of animals), lineage, pedigree, progeny, stock, family, line, extraction, strain / Originate, occasion, beget, produce, engender, generate, be the occasion of, give rise to, be the cause of

Look at other dictionaries:

Breed 77 — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Breed 77 Paul Isola de Breed 77 tocando en un concierto en Gibraltar el 3 de septiembre de 2005. Información personal … Wikipedia Español
Breed — Breed, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Breeding}.] [OE. breden, AS. br[=e]dan to nourish, cherish, keep warm, from br[=o]d brood; akin to D. broeden to brood, OHG. bruoten, G. br[ u]ten. See {Brood}.] 1. To produce as offspring; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
breed — breed·er; breed·i·ness; breed; hand·breed; in·breed; in·ter·breed; line·breed; line·breed·ing; sub·breed; … English syllables
Breed — Breed, v. i. 1. To bear and nourish young; to reproduce or multiply itself; to be pregnant. [1913 Webster] That they breed abundantly in the earth. Gen. viii. 17. [1913 Webster] The mother had never bred before. Carpenter. [1913 Webster] Ant. Is… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Breed — Breed, n. 1. A race or variety of men or other animals (or of plants), perpetuating its special or distinctive characteristics by inheritance. [1913 Webster] Twice fifteen thousand hearts of England s breed. Shak. [1913 Webster] Greyhounds of the … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Breed — ist ein Computerspiel für den PC aus dem Hause CDV Software Entertainment. Breed Entwickler Brat Designs … Deutsch Wikipedia
Breed — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda «{{{nombre}}}» Canción de Nirvana Álbum Nevermind Publicación 24 de septiembre de 1991 … Wikipedia Español
Breed — Chanson par Nirvana extrait de l’album Nevermind Sortie 24 Septembre 1991 Enregistrement 1990 Durée 3:04 Genre Grunge Parolier … Wikipédia en Français
breed — brēd vb, bred bred; breed·ing vt 1) to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation 2) to propagate (plants or animals) sexually and usu. under controlled conditions 3 a) MATE b) to mate with: INSEMINATE … Medical dictionary
breed — [n] kind, class brand, character, extraction, family, feather, genus, ilk, likes, line, lineage, lot, nature, number, pedigree, progeny, race, sort, species, stamp, stock, strain, stripe, type, variety; concept 378 breed [v1] generate, bring into … New thesaurus
breed — [brēd] vt. bred, breeding [ME breden < OE bredan < brod, fetus, hatching: see BROOD] 1. to bring forth (offspring) from the womb or hatch (young) from the egg 2. to be the source of; produce [ignorance breeds prejudice] 3. a) to caus … English World dictionary

Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

breed

Look at other dictionaries:

Share the article and excerpts

Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

New Collegiate Dictionary

breed

Look at other dictionaries:

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link