BREED (bred)
Dictionary entry overview: What does breed mean?
• BREED (noun)
The noun BREED has 4 senses:
1. a special lineage
2. a special variety of domesticated animals within a species
3. half-caste offspring of parents of different races (especially of white and American Indian parents)
4. a lineage or race of people
Familiarity information: BREED used as a noun is uncommon.
• BREED (verb)
The verb BREED has 4 senses:
1. call forth
2. copulate with a female, used especially of horses
3. cause to procreate (animals)
4. have young (animals)
Familiarity information: BREED used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• BREED (noun)
Meaning:
A special lineage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Context example:
a breed of Americans
Hypernyms ("breed" is a kind of...):
ancestry; blood; blood line; bloodline; descent; line; line of descent; lineage; origin; parentage; pedigree; stemma; stock (the descendants of one individual)
Meaning:
A special variety of domesticated animals within a species
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
breed; strain; stock
Context examples:
he experimented on a particular breed of white rats / he created a new strain of sheep
Hypernyms ("breed" is a kind of...):
animal group (a group of animals)
variety ((biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "breed"):
bloodstock (thoroughbred horses (collectively))
pedigree (line of descent of a purebred animal)
Holonyms ("breed" is a member of...):
species ((biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed)
Meaning:
Half-caste offspring of parents of different races (especially of white and American Indian parents)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
half-breed; breed
Hypernyms ("breed" is a kind of...):
half-caste (offspring of parents of different races or cultures)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "breed"):
metis (a half-breed of white and American Indian parentage)
Meaning:
A lineage or race of people
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
breed; strain
Hypernyms ("breed" is a kind of...):
ancestry; derivation; filiation; lineage (inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline)
• BREED (verb)
Meaning:
Call forth
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
breed; engender; spawn
Hypernyms (to "breed" is one way to...):
cause; do; make (give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Copulate with a female, used especially of horses
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
breed; cover
Context example:
The horse covers the mare
Hypernyms (to "breed" is one way to...):
copulate; couple; mate; pair (make love)
Domain category:
animal husbandry (breeding and caring for farm animals)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Cause to procreate (animals)
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
She breeds dogs
Hypernyms (to "breed" is one way to...):
create; make; produce (create or manufacture a man-made product)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "breed"):
mongrelise; mongrelize (cause to become a mongrel)
cross; crossbreed; hybridise; hybridize; interbreed (breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Have young (animals)
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
multiply; breed
Context example:
pandas rarely breed in captivity
Hypernyms (to "breed" is one way to...):
multiply; procreate; reproduce (have offspring or young)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "breed"):
pullulate (breed freely and abundantly)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
