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BREED (bred)

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English dictionary: Word overview

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.


English dictionary: Word details


BREED (noun)


Sense 1breed [BACK TO TOP]

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)


Sense 2breed [BACK TO TOP]

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)


Sense 3breed [BACK TO TOP]

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)


Sense 4breed [BACK TO TOP]

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)


Sense 1breed [BACK TO TOP]

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


Sense 2breed [BACK TO TOP]

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


Sense 3breed [BACK TO TOP]

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


Sense 4breed [BACK TO TOP]

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


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