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Synonyms for breed
bridbreed
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breed, strain, stocknoun
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"
Synonyms:
neckcloth, parentage, pedigree, gillyflower, striving, melodic line, caudex, straining, fund, inventory, melodic phrase, mental strain, tenor, form, descent, stemma, nervous strain, pains, stock certificate, stock, melody, variant, lineage, livestock, broth, origin, tune, line, line of descent, store, song, gunstock, air, bloodline, strain, stress, ancestry, var., nisus, farm animal, blood, blood linebreedverb
a special type
"Google represents a new breed of entrepreneurs"
engender, breed, spawnverb
call forth
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cover, get, mother, father, spawn, multiply, sire, bring forth, beget, engender, generatebreed, coververb
copulate with a female, used especially of horses
"The horse covers the mare"
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multiply, cut through, get over, embrace, plow, wrap up, enshroud, compensate, encompass, shroud, continue, treat, hatch, incubate, report, track, extend, cut across, brood, deal, spawn, underwrite, overcompensate, address, spread over, hide, traverse, pass over, comprehend, handle, overlay, cover, cross, get across, engender, cover up, insurebreedverb
cause to procreate (animals)
"She breeds dogs"
breed, multiplyverb
have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms)
"pandas rarely breed in captivity"; "These bacteria reproduce"
Synonyms:
cover, spawn, reproduce, procreate, multiply, engender, manifold
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
breedverb
breedverb
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discipline, educate, instruct, train, teach, schoolbreedverb
breedverb
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originate, occasion, give rise to, be the cause ofbreedverb
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bring forth young, produce offspringbreedverb
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be born, be producedbreednoun
Synonyms:
race (of animals), lineage, pedigree, progeny, stock
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How to use breed in a sentence?
Familiarity breed contempt.
The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benedictions.
During his leadership of New Breed Logistics, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy sought and received legal advice from the former General Counsel of the Federal Election Commission on election laws, including the law of political contributions, to ensure that he, New Breed Logistics and any person affiliated with New Breed fully complied with any and all laws.
We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.
This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands,-- This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.
Translations for breed
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- ربى, تربيةArabic
- порода, род, развъждам, отглеждам, произход, пораждамBulgarian
- raça, criar, engendrarCatalan, Valencian
- rasa, plemeno, šlechtitCzech
- raceDanish
- hervorrufen, Rasse, erzeugen, züchten, verursachen, Sorte, aufziehen, paaren, brütenGerman
- ράτσαGreek
- raso, brediEsperanto
- variedad, raza, aparear, criar, cultivar, casta, cepa, procrear, engendrarSpanish
- پرورش و اصلاح نژادPersian
- astuttaa, lisääntyä, synnyttää, rotu, jalostaa, kasvattaa, paritellaFinnish
- se reproduire, race, engendrer, éleverFrench
- síolraigh, póraigh, síolrachIrish
- gnè, seòrsaScottish Gaelic
- नस्लHindi
- nemz, szaporodik, tenyészt, fajtaHungarian
- besar, berkembang biakIndonesian
- edukarIdo
- razza, riprodursi, allevareItalian
- 育てる, 繁殖Japanese
- ತಳಿKannada
- 낳다, 가꾸다, 기르다, 품종, 계통, 치다, 거두다, 일으키다Korean
- бак, порода, багууKyrgyz
- educ tecum,Latin
- whakaaiaiMāori
- bakaMalay
- variëteit, broeden, fokken, rasDutch
- avleNorwegian
- płodzić, hodować, gatunek, rasa, rozmnażać się, wychowywaćPolish
- variedade, cruzar, criar, gerar, raça, procriar, cultivarPortuguese
- rasăRomanian
- разводить, развести, сорт, раса, племя, плодиться, размножаться, порода, родRussian
- soj, pasmina, rasa, lozaSerbo-Croatian
- plemeno, rasaSlovak
- avla, föröka, rasSwedish
- இனப்பெருக்கம்Tamil
- జాతినిTelugu
- สายพันธุ์Thai
- doğurmakTurkish
- породаUkrainian
- نسلUrdu
- giốngVietnamese
- האָדעוועןYiddish
- 品种Chinese
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