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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Breed \Breed\, n.
     1. A race or variety of men or other animals (or of plants),
        perpetuating its special or distinctive characteristics by
        inheritance.
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              Twice fifteen thousand hearts of England's breed.
                                                    --Shak.
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              Greyhounds of the best breed.         --Carpenter.
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     2. Class; sort; kind; -- of men, things, or qualities.
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              Are these the breed of wits so wondered at? --Shak.
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              This courtesy is not of the right breed. --Shak.
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     3. A number produced at once; a brood. [Obs.]
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     Note: Breed is usually applied to domestic animals; species
           or variety to wild animals and to plants; and race to
           men.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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 bring forth; to bear; to
        procreate; to generate; to beget; to hatch.
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              Yet every mother breeds not sons alike. --Shak.
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              If the sun breed maggots in a dead dog. --Shak.
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     2. To take care of in infancy, and through the age of youth;
        to bring up; to nurse and foster.
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              To bring thee forth with pain, with care to breed.
                                                    --Dryden.
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              Born and bred on the verge of the wilderness.
                                                    --Everett.
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     3. To educate; to instruct; to form by education; to train;
        -- sometimes followed by up.
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              But no care was taken to breed him a Protestant.
                                                    --Bp. Burnet.
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              His farm may not remove his children too far from
              him, or the trade he breeds them up in. --Locke.
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     4. To engender; to cause; to occasion; to originate; to
        produce; as, to breed a storm; to breed disease.
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              Lest the place
              And my quaint habits breed astonishment. --Milton.
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     5. To give birth to; to be the native place of; as, a pond
        breeds fish; a northern country breeds stout men.
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     6. To raise, as any kind of stock.
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     7. To produce or obtain by any natural process. [Obs.]
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              Children would breed their teeth with less danger.
                                                    --Locke.
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     Syn: To engender; generate; beget; produce; hatch; originate;
          bring up; nourish; train; instruct.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Breed \Breed\, v. i.
     1. To bear and nourish young; to reproduce or multiply
        itself; to be pregnant.
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              That they breed abundantly in the earth. --Gen.
                                                    viii. 17.
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              The mother had never bred before.     --Carpenter.
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              Ant. Is your gold and silver ewes and rams?
              Shy. I can not tell. I make it breed as fast.
                                                    --Shak.
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     2. To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated, or to
        grow, as young before birth.
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     3. To have birth; to be produced or multiplied.
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              Heavens rain grace
              On that which breeds between them.    --Shak.
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     4. To raise a breed; to get progeny.
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              The kind of animal which you wish to breed from.
                                                    --Gardner.
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     To breed in and in, to breed from animals of the same stock
        that are closely related.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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 bring forth; to bear; to
        procreate; to generate; to beget; to hatch.
  
              Yet every mother breeds not sons alike. --Shak.
  
              If the sun breed maggots in a dead dog. --Shak.
  
     2. To take care of in infancy, and through the age of youth;
        to bring up; to nurse and foster.
  
              To bring thee forth with pain, with care to breed.
                                                    --Dryden.
  
              Born and bred on the verge of the wilderness.
                                                    --Everett.
  
     3. To educate; to instruct; to form by education; to train;
        -- sometimes followed by up.
  
              But no care was taken to breed him a Protestant.
                                                    --Bp. Burnet.
  
              His farm may not remove his children too far from
              him, or the trade he breeds them up in. --Locke.
  
     4. To engender; to cause; to occasion; to originate; to
        produce; as, to breed a storm; to breed disease.
  
              Lest the place And my quaint habits breed
              astonishment.                         --Milton.
  
     5. To give birth to; to be the native place of; as, a pond
        breeds fish; a northern country breeds stout men.
  
     6. To raise, as any kind of stock.
  
     7. To produce or obtain by any natural process. [Obs.]
  
              Children would breed their teeth with less danger.
                                                    --Locke.
  
     Syn: To engender; generate; beget; produce; hatch; originate;
          bring up; nourish; train; instruct.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Breed \Breed\, n.
     1. A race or variety of men or other animals (or of plants),
        perpetuating its special or distinctive characteristics by
        inheritance.
  
              Twice fifteen thousand hearts of England's breed.
                                                    --Shak.
  
              Greyhounds of the best breed.         --Carpenter.
  
     2. Class; sort; kind; -- of men, things, or qualities.
  
              Are these the breed of wits so wondered at? --Shak.
  
              This courtesy is not of the right breed. --Shak.
  
     3. A number produced at once; a brood. [Obs.]
  
     Note: Breed is usually applied to domestic animals; species
           or variety to wild animals and to plants; and race to
           men.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Breed \Breed\, v. i.
     1. To bear and nourish young; to reproduce or multiply
        itself; to be pregnant.
  
              That they breed abundantly in the earth. --Gen.
                                                    viii. 17.
  
              The mother had never bred before.     --Carpenter.
  
              Ant. Is your gold and silver ewes and rams? Shy. I
              can not tell. I make it breed as fast. --Shak.
  
     2. To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated, or to
        grow, as young before birth.
  
     3. To have birth; to be produced or multiplied.
  
              Heavens rain grace On that which breeds between
              them.                                 --Shak.
  
     4. To raise a breed; to get progeny.
  
              The kind of animal which you wish to breed from.
                                                    --Gardner.
  
     To breed in and in, to breed from animals of the same stock
        that are closely related.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  breed
       n 1: a special lineage; "a breed of Americans"
       2: 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" [syn: strain, stock]
       3: half-caste offspring of parents of different races
          (especially of white and Indian parents) [syn: half-breed]
       4: a lineage or race of people [syn: strain]
       v 1: call forth [syn: engender, spawn]
       2: copulate with a female, used especially of horses; "The
          horse covers the mare" [syn: cover]
       3: of plants or animals; "She breeds dogs"
       4: have young (animals); "pandas rarely breed in captivity"
          [syn: multiply]
       [also: bred]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  breed
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 τρέφω, εκτρέφω
     2 δημιουργώ, αναπαράγω
     3 ζευγαρώνω, αναπαράγομαι

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  breed
     Dutch a.
     1 broad, wide
     2 large, ample
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm brede t=breadth id=breadth)
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm bred t=bread id=bread)
     Saterland Frisian a.
     wide
     Yola n.
     bread

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Breed
     Plautdietsch n.
     breadth, width, latitude

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  breed
     n.
     1 All animals or plants of the same species or subspecies.
     2 A race or lineage; offspring or issue.
     3 (lb en informal) A group of people with shared characteristics.
     4 (lb en derogatory) (ellipsis of en half-breed)
     vb.
     To produce offspring sexually; to bear young.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Breed
     n.
     1 (surname: en).
     2 (place en town/and/unincorporated community therein, in co/Oconto
  County s/Wisconsin c/USA), named after postmaster George M. Breed.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  breed
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm brede t=breadth id=breadth)
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm bred t=bread id=bread)
     n.
     1 All animals or plants of the same species or subspecies.
     2 A race or lineage; offspring or issue.
     3 (lb en informal) A group of people with shared characteristics.
     4 (lb en derogatory) (ellipsis of en half-breed)
     vb.
     To produce offspring sexually; to bear young.
     West Frisian a.
     broad, wide

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Breed
     n.
     1 (surname: en).
     2 (place en town/and/unincorporated community therein, in co/Oconto
  County s/Wisconsin c/USA), named after postmaster George M. Breed.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  breed
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm brede t=breadth id=breadth)
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm bred t=bread id=bread)
     n.
     1 All animals or plants of the same species or subspecies.
     2 A race or lineage; offspring or issue.
     3 (lb en informal) A group of people with shared characteristics.
     4 (lb en derogatory) (ellipsis of en half-breed)
     vb.
     To produce offspring sexually; to bear young.
     West Frisian a.
     broad, wide

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Breed
     n.
     1 (surname: en).
     2 (place en town/and/unincorporated community therein, in co/Oconto
  County s/Wisconsin c/USA), named after postmaster George M. Breed.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  breed
     Englanti n.
     rotu
     Englanti vb.
     1 synnyttää
     2 siittää
     3 lisääntyä
     4 kasvattaa
     5 (yhteys slangi k=en) laueta peräaukkoon

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  breed
     Frisiska a.
     bred

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  breed /bɹˈiːd/
  1. aanhou, teel
  2. oplei
  3. ras

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Breed /bɹˈiːd/
  تكاثر

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  breed //bɹiːd// 
  1. порода
  all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies
  2. произход, род
  race or lineage

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  breed //bɹiːd// 
  1. развъждам
  to keep animals and have them reproduce
  2. отглеждам 2.
  to propagate or grow plants
   3.
  to sexually produce offspring
  3. пораждам
  to take care of in infancy and through childhood