Word breed meaning of

English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • breede (archaic)

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English breden, from Old English brēdan, from Proto-Germanic *brōdijaną (to brood), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁- (warm). Cognate with Scots brede, breid, Saterland Frisian briede, West Frisian briede, Dutch broeden, German Low German bröden, German brüten.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bɹiːd/
  • Rhymes: -iːd

Verb[edit]

breed (third-person singular simple present breeds, present participle breeding, simple past and past participle bred)

  1. To produce offspring sexually; to bear young.
    • 2013 May-June, David Van Tassel, Lee DeHaan, “Wild Plants to the Rescue”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:

      Plant breeding is always a numbers game. [] The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, and individual plants are highly heterozygous and do not breed true. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better.

  2. (transitive) To give birth to; to be the native place of.

    a pond breeds fish; a northern country breeds stout men

    • c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:

      Yet every mother breeds not sons alike.

  3. Of animals, to mate.
  4. To keep animals and have them reproduce in a way that improves the next generation’s qualities.
  5. To arrange the mating of specific animals.

    She wanted to breed her cow to the neighbor’s registered bull.

  6. To propagate or grow plants trying to give them certain qualities.

    He tries to breed blue roses.

  7. To take care of in infancy and through childhood; to bring up.
    • a. 1701 (date written), John Dryden, “The First Book of Homer’s Ilias”, in The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, [], volume IV, London: [] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson, [], published 1760, →OCLC, page 437:

      Ah wretched me! by fates averſe, decreed, / To bring thee forth with pain, with care to breed!

    • 1859, Edward Everett, An Oration on the Occasion of the Dedication of the Statue of Mr. Webster
      born and bred on the verge of the wilderness
  8. To yield or result in.
    • 1634 October 9 (first performance), [John Milton], H[enry] Lawes, editor, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: [] [Comus], London: [] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey Robinson, [], published 1637, →OCLC; reprinted as Comus: [] (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903, →OCLC, lines 156–157, page 6:

      lest the place / And my queint habits breed astonishment

  9. (obsolete, intransitive) To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated, or to grow, like young before birth.
  10. (sometimes as breed up) To educate; to instruct; to bring up
    • 1724, [Gilbert] Burnet, [Gilbert Burnet Jr.], editor, Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time. [], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: [] Thomas Ward [], →OCLC:

      No care was taken to breed him a Protestant.

    • 1691, [John Locke], Some Considerations of the Consequences of the Lowering of Interest, and Raising the Value of Money. [], London: [] Awnsham and John Churchill, [], published 1692, →OCLC:

      His farm may not [] remove his children too far from him, or the trade he breeds them up in.

  11. To produce or obtain by any natural process.
  12. (intransitive) To have birth; to be produced, developed or multiplied.
    • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:

      Fair encounter
      Of two most rare affections! Heavens rain grace
      On that which breed between ’em!

  13. (transitive) To ejaculate inside; to attempt to impregnate.
    • 2018, Cassandra Dee, Paying My Boyfriend’s Debt: A Billionaire Bad Boy Romance, Cassandra Dee Romance via PublishDrive
      “God, I love your ass,” he says, his voice almost a growl. “I’m gonna breed this ass tonight.”
    • 2015, David Holly, The Heart’s Eternal Desire, Bold Strokes Books Inc, →ISBN:

      “ Yes,” I said. “You want to fuck me, and I submit to you. My body is yours. Stuff me. Fill me. Breed my ass. Seed me, my love.

    • year unknown, Tymber Dalton, Disorder in the House [Suncoast Society], Siren-BookStrand (→ISBN), page 32:
      “Then…you get…bred.”
    • 2017, Casper Graham, Same Script, Different Cast [Scripts & Lyrics Trilogy], Siren-BookStrand, →ISBN, page 41:

      “I can’t…can’t last, baby.” / “I don’t care. Come inside me. Breed me.”

    • 2017, Casper Graham, Nothing Short of a Miracle [Scripts & Lyrics Trilogy], Siren-BookStrand, →ISBN, page 19:

      «Are you clean?» he asked. / «Yeah, I get tested recently.» / «Perfect. Breed me.”

Synonyms[edit]

  • (take care of in infancy and through childhood): raise, bring up, rear

Derived terms[edit]

  • best of breed
  • breed in and in
  • breed like rabbits
  • breed up
  • breedable
  • breeder
  • breeding
  • cross-breed

[edit]

  • breed in the bone

Translations[edit]

to sexually produce offspring

  • Azerbaijani: çoxalmaq
  • Bulgarian: отглеждам (bg) (otgleždam)
  • Catalan: criar (ca)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: (please verify) 繁殖 (zh) (fánzhí), (please verify) 培育 (zh) (péiyù)
  • Danish: avle, reproducere (da) (humans), forplante sig (humans)
  • Dutch: broeden (nl)
  • Finnish: lisääntyä (fi)
  • French: se reproduire (fr), engendrer (fr)
  • Gallurese: allià
  • German: aufziehen (de), erzeugen (de), züchten (de)
  • Hungarian: nemz (hu)
  • Indonesian: membesarkan
  • Irish: síolraigh
  • Italian: allevare (it), riprodursi
  • Japanese: 育てる (ja) (そだてる, sodateru), 育成する (いくせいする, ikusei-suru)
  • Korean: 낳다 (ko) (nata), 새끼치다 (saekkichida)
  • Manchu: ᡶᡠᠰᡝᠮᠪᡳ (fusembi)
  • Maori: whakaaiai
  • Occitan: procrear, congrear (oc)
  • Polish: płodzić (pl), rozmnażać się (pl), spłodzić (pl) pf, spładzać impf
  • Portuguese: procriar (pt)
  • Russian: плоди́ться (ru) (plodítʹsja), размножа́ться (ru) (razmnožátʹsja)
  • Sardinian:
    Campidanese: allevai, pesai
    Logudorese: pesare
  • Sassarese: allibà
  • Spanish: criar (es), procrear (es)
  • Swedish: föröka (sig)
  • Volapük: bridön (vo)
  • Welsh: bridio (cy)

of animals, to mate

  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 配种 (zh)
  • Danish: avle
  • Finnish: paritella (fi)
  • German: sich paaren, brüten (de) (birds)
  • Hungarian: szaporodik (hu)
  • Irish: síolraigh
  • Middle English: breden
  • Occitan: acoblar, apariar (oc)
  • Portuguese: cruzar (pt)
  • Spanish: aparearse
  • Swedish: föröka (sv), avla (sv)

to keep animals and have them reproduce

  • Bulgarian: развъждам (bg) (razvǎždam)
  • Catalan: criar (ca)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 育种 (zh)
  • Danish: avle
  • Dutch: fokken (nl)
  • Esperanto: bredi
  • Finnish: jalostaa (fi)
  • Gallurese: allià
  • German: züchten (de)
  • Hungarian: tenyészt (hu)
  • Ido: edukar (io)
  • Indonesian: mengembangbiakkan
  • Irish: póraigh, síolraigh
  • Italian: allevare (it)
  • Korean: 치다 (ko) (chida), 기르다 (ko) (gireuda)
  • Occitan: elevar (oc), abalir (oc)
  • Polish: hodować (pl)
  • Portuguese: criar (pt)
  • Russian: разводи́ть (ru) impf (razvodítʹ), развести́ (ru) pf (razvestí)
  • Sardinian:
    Campidanese: allevai, pesai
    Logudorese: pesare
  • Sassarese: allibà
  • Spanish: criar (es)
  • Swedish: föda upp (sv), avla (sv) (selective breeding)

to propagate or grow plants

  • Bulgarian: отглеждам (bg) (otgleždam)
  • Catalan: criar (ca)
  • Czech: šlechtit
  • Danish: avle (fruit), dyrke (da) (grain)
  • Finnish: jalostaa (fi)
  • German: züchten (de)
  • Korean: 가꾸다 (ko) (gakkuda)
  • Kyrgyz: бак (ky) impf (bak), багуу (ky) pf (baguu)
  • Occitan: cultivar (oc)
  • Polish: hodować (pl)
  • Portuguese: criar (pt), cultivar (pt)
  • Russian: разводи́ть (ru) impf (razvodítʹ), развести́ (ru) pf (razvestí)
  • Spanish: criar (es), cultivar (es)
  • Swedish: odla (sv)

Noun[edit]

breed (plural breeds)

  1. All animals or plants of the same species or subspecies.

    a breed of tulip

    a breed of animal

  2. A race or lineage; offspring or issue.
  3. (informal) A group of people with shared characteristics.

    People who were taught classical Greek and Latin at school are a dying breed.

  4. (derogatory) Ellipsis of half-breed.

Derived terms[edit]

  • different breed of cat
  • half-breed

Translations[edit]

all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies

  • Bulgarian: порода (bg) f (poroda)
  • Catalan: raça (ca) f (of animals), varietat (ca) f (of plants)
  • Czech: plemeno (cs) n, rasa (cs) f
  • Danish: race c (of animals), sort (da) c (of plants)
  • Dutch: variëteit (nl) f
  • Esperanto: raso (eo)
  • Finnish: lajike (fi) (of plants), rotu (fi) (of animals)
  • Galician: raza (gl) f
  • German: Rasse (de) f, Zuchtrasse f
  • Greek: ράτσα (el) f (rátsa)
  • Irish: síolrach m
  • Korean: 품종 (pumjong)
  • Kyrgyz: порода (poroda)
  • Low German:
    German Low German: Raaß f, Rooß f
  • Malay: baka (ms)
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: rase (no) m (animals)
    Nynorsk: rase m (animals)
  • Polish: gatunek (pl) m
  • Portuguese: raça (pt) f (of animals), variedade (pt) f (of plants)
  • Russian: поро́да (ru) f (poróda) (of animals), сорт (ru) m (sort) plants
  • Scottish Gaelic: gnè f, seòrsa m
  • Slovak: plemeno n, rasa f
  • Spanish: raza (es) f (of animals), variedad (es) f (of plants)
  • Swedish: ras (sv) c, sort (sv) c

race or lineage

  • Bulgarian: род (bg) m (rod), произход (bg) m (proizhod)
  • Catalan: raça (ca) f
  • Czech: plemeno (cs) n, rasa (cs) f
  • Danish: race c, sort (da) c (of plants)
  • Dutch: broedsel (nl) n (of animals), gebroed (nl) n (of animals)
  • Esperanto: raso (eo)
  • Finnish: rotu (fi)
  • French: race (fr) f
  • Friulian: raze f
  • Galician: raza (gl) f
  • German: Rasse (de) f, Sorte (de) f (of plants), Schlag (de) m
  • Greek: ράτσα (el) f (rátsa)
  • Hindi: ज़ात (hi) f (zāt), बिरादरी (hi) f (birādrī), जिनस (hi) f (jinas), जिंस (hi) f (jins), कुल (hi) m (kul), वंश (hi) m (vanś), बंस (hi) m (bans)
  • Irish: síolrach m
  • Italian: razza (it) f
  • Korean: 계통 (ko) (gyetong)
  • Kyrgyz: бак (ky) (bak)
  • Low German:
    German Low German: Raaß f, Rooß f
  • Polish: rasa (pl) f
  • Portuguese: raça (pt) f
  • Romanian: rasă (ro) f
  • Russian: ра́са (ru) f (rása), род (ru) m (rod), пле́мя (ru) n (plémja)
  • Scottish Gaelic: gnè f, seòrsa m
  • Serbo-Croatian: rasa (sh), soj (sh) m, pasmina (sh) f, loza (sh) f
  • Slovak: plemeno n, rasa f
  • Spanish: raza (es) f (of animals), casta (es) f (of people), cepa (es) f (of plants), variedad (es) f (of plants)
  • Swedish: ras (sv) c, sort (sv) c
  • Turkish: ırk (tr)
  • Walloon: sôre (wa) f, raece (wa) f

Anagrams[edit]

  • berde, brede, rebed

Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch breed, from Middle Dutch brêet, from Old Dutch *brēd, from Proto-West Germanic *braid.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /brɪə̯t/

Adjective[edit]

breed (attributive breë, comparative breër, superlative breedste)

  1. broad

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch brêet, from Old Dutch *brēd, from Proto-West Germanic *braid, from Proto-Germanic *braidaz.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /breːt/, [breːt], [breɪ̯t], [bʀ-]
  • Hyphenation: breed
  • Rhymes: -eːt

Adjective[edit]

breed (comparative breder, superlative breedst)

  1. broad, wide
    Antonyms: nauw, smal
  2. large, ample

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of breed
uninflected breed
inflected brede
comparative breder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial breed breder het breedst
het breedste
indefinite m./f. sing. brede bredere breedste
n. sing. breed breder breedste
plural brede bredere breedste
definite brede bredere breedste
partitive breeds breders

Derived terms[edit]

  • breedband
  • breedbeeld
  • breeddoek
  • breedgebouwd
  • breedgerand
  • breedgeschouderd
  • breedgetakt
  • breedgetakt
  • breedheid
  • breedspraak
  • breedstaartkolibrie
  • breedte
  • breedvoerig
  • hemelsbreed
  • kamerbreed
  • verbreden

Descendants[edit]

  • Afrikaans: breed
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: brete
  • Negerhollands: breed
  • Caribbean Javanese: bradi (via Sranan Tongo)
  • West Frisian: breed

Anagrams[edit]

  • brede

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

breed

  1. Alternative form of brede (breadth)

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

breed

  1. Alternative form of bred (bread)

Saterland Frisian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Frisian brēd, from Proto-West Germanic *braid. Cognates include West Frisian brie and German breit.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /breːd/
  • Hyphenation: breed
  • Rhymes: -eːd

Adjective[edit]

breed (masculine breeden, feminine, plural or definite breede, comparative brader, superlative breedst, braadst)

  1. wide

Antonyms[edit]

  • (wide): smäl

References[edit]

  • Marron C. Fort (2015), “breed”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

West Frisian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Dutch breed, displacing older brie.

Adjective[edit]

breed

  1. broad, wide

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of breed
uninflected breed
inflected brede
comparative breder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial breed breder it breedst
it breedste
indefinite c. sing. brede bredere breedste
n. sing. breed breder breedste
plural brede bredere breedste
definite brede bredere breedste
partitive breeds breders

Derived terms[edit]

  • breedteken

Further reading[edit]

  • “breed”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Yola[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English bred, from Old English brēad, from Proto-Germanic *braudą. Cognates include English bread and Scots breid.

Noun[edit]

breed

  1. bread

References[edit]

  • Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 28

порода, поколение, потомство, племя, размножаться, разводить, выводить

существительное

- порода

a new breed of cattle [of horses] — новая порода рогатого скота [лошадей]
people of true English breed — истинные англичане

- потомство, поколение
- сорт, род, категория

thinkers of much the same breed — мыслители одного и того же направления
men of the same breed — люди одного толка

- амер. разг. пренебр. полукровка

глагол

- размножаться, плодиться; давать приплод

to breed true — давать породистый приплод
to breed like rabbits — плодиться как кролики, быстро размножаться

- вынашивать (детёнышей); высиживать (цыплят); выводить (птенцов)
- диал. быть беременной
- разводить

to breed cattle [hens, ducks] — разводить рогатый скот [кур, уток]
the pond breeds fish — в пруду водится рыба

- воспитывать, обучать

to breed smb. to the law — дать кому-л. юридическое образование

- порождать, вызывать

to breed wars — порождать войны
war breeds misery and ruin — война приносит нищету и разорение
to breed in and in — заключать браки между родственниками из поколения в поколение
to breed out — а) воздерживаться от родственных браков; б) проводить селекцию; в) искоренять
cruelty has not been yet bred out of the human species — жестокость ещё не искоренена в людях
what is bred in the bone will come out in the flesh — посл. природу не скроешь

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Словосочетания

hardy breed — морозоустойчивая порода  
rare breed — редкая порода  
best of breed — лучший в своём классе  
to breed nuclear fuel — воспроизводить ядерное топливо  
to breed / raise horses — разводить лошадей  
to breed poverty — плодить нищету  
to breed cattle — разводить рогатый скот  
breed cattle — разводить рогатый скот  
a new breed of cattle — новая порода рогатого скота  
to breed smb. low — плохо воспитать, недоучить (кого-л.)  

Примеры с переводом

She breeds dogs

Она разводит собак.

What breed of dog is she?

Какой она породы? / К какой породе собак она принадлежит?

Spaniels are my favourite breed of dog.

Спаниели — моя любимая порода собак.

Kindnesses breed on themselves.

Добрые дела плодятся сами по себе.

Poor living conditions breed violence and despair.

Плохие условия жизни порождают жестокость и безысходность.

Seals come ashore to breed.

Тюлени выходят на берег для размножения.

This breed is very true.

Эта порода не подвержена изменениям.

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Примеры, ожидающие перевода

This dog breed has a number of desirable traits.

Eagles breed during the cooler months of the year.

He is an exemplar of this new breed of politician.

Для того чтобы добавить вариант перевода, кликните по иконке , напротив примера.

Возможные однокоренные слова

breeder  — производитель, тот, кто разводит животных
breeding  — разведение, размножение, выведение, воспитание, воспитанность, хорошие манеры

Формы слова

verb
I/you/we/they: breed
he/she/it: breeds
ing ф. (present participle): breeding
2-я ф. (past tense): bred
3-я ф. (past participle): bred

noun
ед. ч.(singular): breed
мн. ч.(plural): breeds

Verb



He got into the business of breeding cattle.



The plants are bred to resist disease and drought.



She believes that we are breeding a generation of children who know nothing about the history of their country.

Noun



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a new breed of athlete

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A breed is a specific group of domestic animals having homogeneous appearance (phenotype), homogeneous behavior, and/or other characteristics that distinguish it from other organisms of the same species. In literature, there exist several slightly deviating definitions.[2] Breeds are formed through genetic isolation and either natural adaptation to the environment or selective breeding, or a combination of the two. Despite the centrality of the idea of «breeds» to animal husbandry and agriculture, no single, scientifically accepted definition of the term exists.[3]: 340  A breed is therefore not an objective or biologically verifiable classification but is instead a term of art amongst groups of breeders who share a consensus around what qualities make some members of a given species members of a nameable subset.[4]

Another point of view is that a breed is consistent enough in type to be logically grouped together and when mated within the group produce the same type.[5] When bred together, individuals of the same breed pass on these predictable traits to their offspring, and this ability – known as «breeding true» – is a requirement for a breed. Plant breeds are more commonly known as cultivars. The offspring produced as a result of breeding animals of one breed with other animals of another breed are known as crossbreeds or mixed breeds. Crosses between animal or plant variants above the level of breed/cultivar (i.e. between species, subspecies, botanical variety, even different genera) are referred to as hybrids.[6]

Breeding: selection by breedersEdit

This example shows three different breeds of the domestic pig, which all vary widely in appearance.

The breeder (or group of breeders) who initially establishes a breed does so by selecting individual animals from within a gene pool that they see as having the necessary qualities needed to enhance the breed model they are aiming for. These animals are referred to as foundation stock. Furthermore, the breeder mates the most desirable representatives of the breed from his or her point of view, aiming to pass such characteristics to their progeny. This process is known as selective breeding. A written description of desirable and undesirable breed representatives is referred to as a breed standard.

Breed characteristicsEdit

Breed specific characteristics, also known as breed traits, are inherited, and purebred animals pass such traits from generation to generation. Thus, all specimens of the same breed carry several genetic characteristics of the original foundation animal(s). In order to maintain the breed, a breeder would select those animals with the most desirable traits to achieve further maintenance and developing of such traits. At the same time, the breed would avoid animals carrying characteristics undesirable or not typical for the breed, including faults or genetic defects. The population within the same breed should consist of a sufficient number of animals to maintain the breed within the specified parameters without the necessity of forced inbreeding.

Domestic animal breeds commonly differ from country to country, and from nation to nation. Breeds originating in a certain country are known as «native breeds» of that country.

Lists of breedsEdit

MammalsEdit

  • List of cat breeds
  • List of cattle breeds
  • List of dog breeds
  • List of dog fighting breeds
  • List of extinct dog breeds
  • List of police dog breeds
  • List of domestic pig breeds
  • List of donkey breeds
  • List of goat breeds
  • List of guinea pig breeds
  • List of horse breeds
  • List of rabbit breeds
  • List of fancy rat varieties
  • List of laboratory rat strains
  • List of sheep breeds
  • List of water buffalo breeds

InsectsEdit

  • List of Apis mellifera subspecies

BirdsEdit

  • List of chicken breeds
  • List of duck breeds
  • List of goose breeds
  • List of pigeon breeds
  • List of turkey breeds

See alsoEdit

  • Cultivar
  • Landrace
  • Plant variety (disambiguation)
  • Purebred
  • Race (biology)
  • Selective breeding
  • Subspecies
  • Strain (biology)
  • Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ The Cattle Site: Breeds Brown Swiss Retrieved 22 February 2021
  2. ^ S. J. G. Hall, D. G. Bradley (1995), «Conserving livestock breed biodiversity», TREE, vol. 10, no. 7, pp. 267–70, doi:10.1016/0169-5347(95)90005-5, PMID 21237034
  3. ^ Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). The State of the World’s Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Archived 10 January 2017.
  4. ^ Lush, Jay Laurence (1994). Chapman, A B; Shrode, Robert R; Crow, James F (eds.). The Genetics of Populations. Ames, Iowa, USA: Iowa State College. p. 381. OCLC 31073249. Cited in: Rischkowsky & Pilling 2007 page 340.
  5. ^ Clutton-Brock, Juliet. 1987 A Natural History of Domesticated Mammals, Cambridge University Press and the Museum of Natural History, page 40.
  6. ^ Banga, Surinder S. (November 25, 1998). Hybrid Cultivar Development, p. 119. Springer-Verlag. ISBN 3-540-63523-8

Further readingEdit

  • FAO. 2007. The Global Plan of Action for Animal Genetic Resources and the Interlaken Declaration. Rome.
  • FAO. 2012. Phenotypic characterization of animal genetic resources. FAO Animal Production and Health Guidelines No. 11. Rome.
  • FAO. 2015. The Second Report on the State of the World’s Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome.

External linksEdit

  • Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
    • Domestic Animal Diversity Information System
    • Implementing the Global Plan of Action for Animal Genetic Resources
  • Breeds of Livestock — Oklahoma State University

Other forms: bred; breeding; breeds

To breed is to have babies, whether you’re a human or a hermit crab. A breed is also a specific type of a domesticated species, like a poodle or Great Dane.

The word breed comes from the Old English bredan which means to «bring young to birth,» but also «cherish,” which is how most people feel about their offspring. Awwwww. But the fact is that breeding is reproducing. Also, a breed is a strain or stock of a species, such as a Siamese cat. There are many types of dog breeds, cow breeds, and even pig breeds. Members of a breed usually look and behave in a similar way.

Definitions of breed

  1. verb

    cause to procreate (animals)

  2. verb

    have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms)

    “pandas rarely
    breed in captivity”

    synonyms:

    multiply

  3. verb

    copulate with a female, used especially of horses

    Synonyms:

    brood, cover, hatch, incubate

    sit on (eggs)

  4. noun

    a special variety of domesticated animals within a species

    “he experimented on a particular
    breed of white rats”

    synonyms:

    stock, strain

    see moresee less

    types:

    bloodstock

    thoroughbred horses (collectively)

    pedigree

    line of descent of a purebred animal

    type 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

  5. “Google represents a new
    breed of entrepreneurs”

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breed

 (brēd)

v. bred (brĕd), breed·ing, breeds

v.tr.

1. To produce (offspring); give birth to or hatch.

2. To bring about; engender: «Admission of guilt tends to breed public sympathy» (Jonathan Alter).

3.

a. To cause to reproduce, especially by controlled mating and selection: breed cattle.

b. To develop new or improved strains in (organisms), chiefly through controlled mating and selection of offspring for desirable traits.

c. To inseminate or impregnate; mate with.

4. To rear or train; bring up: a writer who was bred in a seafaring culture.

5. To be the place of origin of: Austria breeds great skiers.

6. To produce (fissionable material) in a breeder reactor.

v.intr.

1. To produce offspring.

2. To copulate; mate.

3. To originate and develop: Mischief breeds in bored minds.

n.

1. A group of organisms having common ancestors and certain distinguishable characteristics, especially a group within a species developed by artificial selection and maintained by controlled propagation.

2. A kind; a sort: a new breed of politician; a new breed of computer.

3. Offensive A person of mixed racial descent; a half-breed.

Idioms:

breed a scab/scabs on (one’s) nose Regional

To stir up trouble for oneself.

breed up a storm New England

To become cloudy.


American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

breed

(briːd)

vb, breeds, breeding or bred

1. to bear (offspring)

2. (tr) to bring up; raise

3. (Genetics) to produce or cause to produce by mating; propagate

4. (Breeds) to produce and maintain new or improved strains of (domestic animals and plants)

5. to produce or be produced; generate: to breed trouble; violence breeds in densely populated areas.

n

6. (Genetics) a group of organisms within a species, esp a group of domestic animals, originated and maintained by man and having a clearly defined set of characteristics

7. (Genetics) a lineage or race: a breed of Europeans.

8. a kind, sort, or group: a special breed of hatred.

[Old English brēdan, of Germanic origin; related to brood]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

breed

(brid)

v. bred, breed•ing,
n. v.t.

1. to produce (offspring); procreate.

2. to produce by mating; propagate sexually; reproduce.

3. to cause (plants or animals) to reproduce and usu. to be improved by selection.

4. to give rise to; engender; produce: Dirt breeds disease.

5. to develop by training or education; bring up; rear: born and bred a gentleman.

6. to impregnate; mate: to breed a mare.

7. to produce more fissile nuclear fuel than is consumed in a reactor.

v.i.

8. to produce offspring.

9. to be engendered or produced; grow.

n.

10. a relatively homogenous group of animals within a species, developed and maintained by humans.

11. lineage; stock; strain.

12. sort; kind; group.

[before 1000; Middle English breden, Old English brēdan to nourish]

Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

breed

(brēd)

Verb

1. To produce or reproduce by giving birth or hatching: Mosquitoes breed in water.

2. To raise animals or plants, often to produce new or improved types: breed a new type of corn.

Noun

A group of organisms having common ancestors and sharing certain traits that are not shared with other members of the same species. Breeds are usually produced by mating selected parents.

The American Heritage® Student Science Dictionary, Second Edition. Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Breed

 a race or variety of animals; a class, sort, or kind of men, things, or qualities; a number produced at one time. See also brood.

Examples: breed of bees [a brood], 1580; of duckling, 1802; of thinkers; of wits, 1588.

Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

breed

Past participle: bred
Gerund: breeding

Imperative
breed
breed
Present
I breed
you breed
he/she/it breeds
we breed
you breed
they breed
Preterite
I bred
you bred
he/she/it bred
we bred
you bred
they bred
Present Continuous
I am breeding
you are breeding
he/she/it is breeding
we are breeding
you are breeding
they are breeding
Present Perfect
I have bred
you have bred
he/she/it has bred
we have bred
you have bred
they have bred
Past Continuous
I was breeding
you were breeding
he/she/it was breeding
we were breeding
you were breeding
they were breeding
Past Perfect
I had bred
you had bred
he/she/it had bred
we had bred
you had bred
they had bred
Future
I will breed
you will breed
he/she/it will breed
we will breed
you will breed
they will breed
Future Perfect
I will have bred
you will have bred
he/she/it will have bred
we will have bred
you will have bred
they will have bred
Future Continuous
I will be breeding
you will be breeding
he/she/it will be breeding
we will be breeding
you will be breeding
they will be breeding
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been breeding
you have been breeding
he/she/it has been breeding
we have been breeding
you have been breeding
they have been breeding
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been breeding
you will have been breeding
he/she/it will have been breeding
we will have been breeding
you will have been breeding
they will have been breeding
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been breeding
you had been breeding
he/she/it had been breeding
we had been breeding
you had been breeding
they had been breeding
Conditional
I would breed
you would breed
he/she/it would breed
we would breed
you would breed
they would breed
Past Conditional
I would have bred
you would have bred
he/she/it would have bred
we would have bred
you would have bred
they would have bred

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun 1. breed — 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»

strain, stock

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; «varieties are frequently recognized in botany»

bloodstock — thoroughbred horses (collectively)

pedigree — line of descent of a purebred animal

species — (biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed

2. breed - a special typebreed — a special type; «Google represents a new breed of entrepreneurs»

type — a subdivision of a particular kind of thing; «what type of sculpture do you prefer?»

Verb 1. breed — call forth

engender, spawn

cause, do, make — give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; «cause a commotion»; «make a stir»; «cause an accident»

2. breed — copulate with a female, used especially of horses; «The horse covers the mare»

cover

animal husbandry — breeding and caring for farm animals

incubate, hatch, brood, cover — sit on (eggs); «Birds brood»; «The female covers the eggs»

copulate, mate, couple, pair — engage in sexual intercourse; «Birds mate in the Spring»

3. breed — cause to procreate (animals); «She breeds dogs»

mongrelise, mongrelize — cause to become a mongrel; «mongrelized dogs»

crossbreed, hybridise, hybridize, interbreed, cross — breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties; «cross a horse and a donkey»; «Mendel tried crossbreeding»; «these species do not interbreed»

produce, create, make — create or manufacture a man-made product; «We produce more cars than we can sell»; «The company has been making toys for two centuries»

4. breed — have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms); «pandas rarely breed in captivity»; «These bacteria reproduce»

multiply

procreate, reproduce, multiply — have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant; «The Bible tells people to procreate»

pullulate — breed freely and abundantly

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

breed

noun

1. variety, family, line, sort, kind, race, class, stock, type, species, strain, pedigree rare breeds of cattle

verb

1. rear, tend, keep, raise, maintain, farm, look after, care for, bring up, nurture, nourish He lived alone, breeding horses and dogs.

2. reproduce, multiply, propagate, procreate, produce offspring, bear young, bring forth young, generate offspring, beget offspring, develop Frogs will usually breed in any convenient pond.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

breed

verb

1. To produce sexually or asexually others of one’s kind:

2. To be the biological father of:

3. To cause to come into existence:

beget, create, engender, father, hatch, make, originate, parent, procreate, produce, sire, spawn.

4. To bring into existence and foster the development of:

noun

A class that is defined by the common attribute or attributes possessed by all its members:

cast, description, feather, ilk, kind, lot, manner, mold, nature, order, sort, species, stamp, stripe, type, variety.

The American Heritage® Roget’s Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Translations

отглеждампораждампородапроизходразвъждам

chovatmít mladéplemenorasarodit

raceyngleavleformere sigopdrætte

jalostaarotusynnyttääkasvattaalisääntyä

pasminauzgajati

utódot hoz létre

besar

auka kyn sittkyn, tegundrækta

品種品種改良する

사육하다품종

augintiauklėjimasdaugintisišaugintasišauklėtas

audzētšķirnesugavairoties

gojitipasmarazmnoževati se

föda uppras

เลี้ยงพันธุ์

giốngnhân giống

breed

[briːd] (bred (vb: pt, pp))

Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

breed

[ˈbriːd] [bred] [ˈbrɛd] (pt, pp)

vt

to be born and bred somewhere (= born and brought up)
I was born and bred in Perth → Je suis né et j’ai grandi à Perth.
a Londoner born and bred → un vrai Londonien

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

breed

vb: pret, ptp <bred>

vi (animals)Junge haben; (birds)brüten; (pej, hum, people) → sich vermehren

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

breed

[briːd] (bred (vb: pt, pp))

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

breed

(briːd) past tense, past participle bred (bred) verb

1. to produce young. Rabbits breed often.

2. to keep animals for the purpose of breeding young. I breed dogs and sell them as pets.

noun

a type, variety or species (of animal). a breed of dog.

bred (bred) adjective

(often as part of a word).

1. (of people) brought up in a certain way or place. a well-bred young lady; American born and bred.

2. (of animals) brought up or reared in a certain way. a pure-bred dog.

ˈbreeding noun

education and training; good manners. a man of good breeding.

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

breed

نَسْل, يَتَناسَل chovat, plemeno avle, race Rasse, züchten αναπαράγω, ράτσα criar, raza jalostaa, rotu élever, race pasmina, uzgajati allevare, razza 品種, 品種改良する 사육하다, 품종 kweken, ras avle, rase rasa, wyhodować procriar, raça выводить, порода föda upp, ras เลี้ยง, พันธุ์ cins, yetiştirmek giống, nhân giống 品种, 繁殖

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

breed

vt. criar, producir, engendrar.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

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Nothing is more easy than to tame an animal, and few things more difficult than to get it to breed freely under confinement, even in the many cases when the male and female unite.

I may add, that as some organisms will breed most freely under the most unnatural conditions (for instance, the rabbit and ferret kept in hutches), showing that their reproductive system has not been thus affected; so will some animals and plants withstand domestication or cultivation, and vary very slightly—perhaps hardly more than in a state of nature.

But there is not a shadow of evidence in favour of this view: to assert that we could not breed our cart and race-horses, long and short-horned cattle, and poultry of various breeds, and esculent vegetables, for an almost infinite number of generations, would be opposed to all experience.

«He could easily conceive, that a HOUYHNHNM, grew weak and heavy a few days before his death, or by some accident might hurt a limb; but that nature, who works all things to perfection, should suffer any pains to breed in our bodies, he thought impossible, and desired to know the reason of so unaccountable an evil.»

«The palace of a chief minister is a seminary to breed up others in his own trade: the pages, lackeys, and porters, by imitating their master, become ministers of state in their several districts, and learn to excel in the three principal ingredients, of insolence, lying, and bribery.

That the productions of such marriages are generally scrofulous, rickety, or deformed children; by which means the family seldom continues above three generations, unless the wife takes care to provide a healthy father, among her neighbours or domestics, in order to improve and continue the breed. That a weak diseased body, a meagre countenance, and sallow complexion, are the true marks of noble blood; and a healthy robust appearance is so disgraceful in a man of quality, that the world concludes his real father to have been a groom or a coachman.

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On two occasions I met with in this province some oxen of a very curious breed, called nata or niata.

Muniz, of Luxan, has kindly collected for me all the information which he could respecting this breed. From his account it seems that about eighty or ninety years ago, they were rare and kept as curiosities at Buenos Ayres.

He came of a breed of meat-killers and meat-eaters.

And do you breed from them all indifferently, or do you take care to breed from the best only?

Yes, he said, that must be done if the breed of the guardians is to be kept pure.

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The profitable style of breeding for the great majority of farmers to adopt, is neither to cross nor to breed from close affinities — except in rare instances, and for some specific and clearly understood purpose — but to _breed in the line_; that is, to select the breed or race best adapted to fulfil the requirement demanded, whether it be for the dairy, for labor, or for such combination of these as can be had without too great a sacrifice of the principal requisite, and then to procure a _pure-bred_ male of the kind determined upon, and breed him to the females of the herd; and if these be not such as are calculated to develop his qualities, endeavor by purchase or exchange to procure such as will. ❋ Robert Jennings (N/A)

Gorant pumps up the stakes by stressing the case’s importance as a potential attitude-changer; it could «disprove the public’s basic beliefs about the breed,» «help change people’s minds about pit bulls,» «tell the other side of the pit bull story,» «show the world what this breed is all about,» etc. ❋ Mark Caro (2010)

With this, the price of this breed is also increasing. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Besides its correct title and variations such as Gloster Spot or just Old Spot, the breed is also known as The Orchard Pig and The Cottager’s Pig. ❋ Unknown (2007)

A very old tradition of the breed is the holding of foot classes at the major East Anglian shows. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Toller owners adamantly insist that their breed is the ideal all-purpose hunting dog and house pet combination, with a unique skill other retrievers lack. ❋ Unknown (1999)

Since homosexuals cannot reproduce, the only way for them to ‘breed‘ is to RECRUIT! ❋ Unknown (2005)

Mr. Watman said the idea is to capitalize on a certain breed of Manhattanites: the kind who just can’t bear to leave the island. ❋ Sumathi Reddy (2010)

The Arabian horse breed is noted for being ideally suited for it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I hope everyone understands that this is how a certain breed of paid digital brownshirt operates. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Since people are aware that this breed is extremely rare, it is just natural for them to want to have one as their pet. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Simply stigmatising them as evil beings who just breed and breed is so wrong and illogical. ❋ Unknown (2009)

February 17th, 2009 at 1: 51 pm what breed is Kingsley? looks badass. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Again, my instinct says that this is probably wishful thinking, and certainly the entertainment producer is often a different breed from the TV journalist (she says, nose turned up!). ❋ Unknown (2009)

The European lack of will to breed is going to leave the continent to the progeny of these “protesters”. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He was [so hot] I [let] him [breed me]. ❋ Muscle Head (2003)

[Buffy] got so hot she begged for him to go [ahead] and breed her instead of [pulling out]. ❋ Fred (2003)

«I breed«, said the [barren] woman, as [she ate] her [pasta] and bread. ❋ Inspector Harry Bush (2003)

«i [dont wanna] breed» ❋ Wonderfool (2003)

your child steve: did you and [mummy] breedyou: yes [you little shit] now [bend over] ❋ SmoothTrain4 (2020)

From one [light-skinned] [black male] to another, «What’s up, [Breed]?» ❋ SweetPete (2007)

I’m going to breed him deep! [Hey boy] [are you ready] for a [breeding]? Daddy’s going to give you his babies. ❋ BBC-n-myTHROAT (2022)

They were [breeding] [all night] ❋ Test_bug (2019)

I had a [hookup] with [this one] guy last night and he [breeded] me so many times that it hurts to walk ❋ Justabulimicdude (2021)

I just got [breeded] by five [strangers] and now my ass is [leaking]. ❋ Shadycatfish (2020)

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    breed 1. порода; 2. потомство, поколение; 3. сорт.; 4. размножаться; давать приплод; 5. вынашивать (детёнышей); высиживать (цыплят) ; выводить (птенцов) ; 6. воспитывать, обучать

    breed воспитывать, выводить, разводить, высиживать; вести племенную работу

    breed порода; стадо; сорт

    to breed true ген. размножаться в чистоте

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    breed [bri:d]

    1) поро́да, пле́мя

    2) пото́мство, поколе́ние

    1) выводи́ть, разводи́ть ( животных); вска́рмливать

    3) воспи́тывать, обуча́ть

    4) размножа́ться;

    5) порожда́ть; вызыва́ть

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    breed

    1. n порода

    2. n потомство, поколение

    3. n сорт, род, категория

    4. n амер. разг. пренебр. полукровка

    5. v размножаться, плодиться; давать приплод

    6. v вынашивать; высиживать; выводить

    7. v диал. быть беременной

    8. v разводить

    9. v воспитывать, обучать

    10. v порождать, вызывать

    Синонимический ряд:

    1. line (noun) brood; extraction; family; line; lineage; pedigree; progeny; race; stock

    2. type (noun) cast; caste; character; class; cut; denomination; description; feather; ilk; kidney; kind; lot; manner; mold; mould; nature; order; persuasion; rank; sort; species; stamp; strain; stripe; type; variety; way

    3. cause (verb) cause; generate; get up; induce; muster up; occasion; provoke; stir; touch off; work up

    4. foster (verb) bring up; discipline; educate; foster; instruct; nurture; promote; rear; school

    5. procreate (verb) arise; beget; create; cultivate; develop; flourish; get; grow; multiply; originate; procreate; progenerate; proliferate; propagate; raise; reproduce; rise; sire; spawn

    6. produce (verb) bear; bring forth; conceive; engender; father; give birth to; hatch; parent; produce

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    1. [bri:d]

    1. порода

    a new breed of cattle [of horses] — новая порода рогатого скота [лошадей]

    2. потомство, поколение

    3. сорт, род, категория

    4.

    разг. пренебр. полукровка

    2. [bri:d]

    (bred)

    1. 1) размножаться, плодиться; давать приплод

    to breed like rabbits — плодиться как кролики, быстро размножаться

    2) вынашивать (); высиживать (); выводить ()

    2. разводить

    to breed cattle [hens, ducks] — разводить рогатый скот [кур, уток]

    3. воспитывать, обучать

    to breed smb. to the law — дать кому-л. юридическое образование

    4. порождать, вызывать

    to breed in and in — заключать браки между родственниками из поколения в поколение

    to breed out — а) воздерживаться от родственных браков; б) проводить селекцию; в) искоренять

    cruelty has not been yet bred out of the human species — жестокость ещё не искоренена в людях

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    bri:d
    1. сущ.
    1) племя, порода, род hardy breed ≈ морозоустойчивая порода rare breed ≈ редкая порода Syn: race, lineage, stock, strain
    2) поколение, потомство Syn: posterity, descendants
    3) амер.;
    разг. полукровка, метис Syn: half-breed
    2. гл.
    1) вынашивать( детенышей), высиживать( птенцов) Syn: beget, give birth
    2) размножаться, плодиться( о животных) ;
    тж. перен. Kindnesses breed on themselves. ≈ Добрые дела плодятся сами по себе.
    3) порождать, вызывать An iniquitous government breeds despair in men’s souls. ≈ Несправедливое правительство вызывает отчаяние в душах людей. Syn: give rise to, engender, produce
    2., create, cause
    2., be the source of
    4) выводить, разводить( животных) ;
    вскармливать
    5) воспитывать, обучать the old traditions in which they had been bred ≈ старые традиции, в которых они были воспитаны breed in the bone Syn: teach, instruct
    6) возникать, появляться He allowed discontents and jealousies to breed in the army. ≈ Он допустил, что в армии появились неудовлетворенность и зависть. Syn: arise, originate
    2), spring forth ∙ to breed in and in ≈ заключать браки между родственниками
    порода — a new * of cattle новая порода рогатого скота — people of true English * истинные англичане потомство, поколение сорт, род, категория — thinkers of much the same * мыслители одного и того же направления — men of the same * люди одного толка (американизм) (разговорное) (пренебрежительное) полукровка размножаться, плодиться;
    давать приплод — to * true давать породистый приплод — to * like rabbits плодиться как кролики, быстро размножаться вынашивать (детенышей) ;
    высиживать (цыплят) ;
    выводить (птенцов) (диалектизм) быть беременной разводить — to * cattle разводить рогатый скот — the pond *s fish в пруду водится рыба воспитывать, обучать — to * smb. to the law дать кому-л. юридическое образование порождать, вызывать — to * wars порождать войны — war *s misery and ruin война приносит нищету и разорение > to * in and in заключать браки между родственниками из поколения в поколение > to * out воздерживаться от родственных браков;
    проводить селекцию;
    искоренять > cruelty has not been yet bred out of the human species жестокость еще не искоренена в людях > what is bred in the bone will come out in the flesh (пословица) природу не скроешь
    ~ порождать;
    вызывать;
    to breed in and in заключать браки между родственниками
    ~ размножаться;
    to breed true давать породистый приплод true: ~ точно;
    to aim true целиться точно;
    to breed true сохранить чистоту породы

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    1. порода; сорт

    2. разводить; размножаться

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    [briːd]
    1.

    сущ.

    1) племя, порода, род

    Syn:

    2) поколение, потомство

    Syn:

    3)

    ;

    разг.

    полукровка, метис

    Syn:

    ••

    2.

    ;

    прош. вр.

    ,

    прич. прош. вр.

    bred

    Syn:

    2) размножаться, плодиться прям. и перен.

    Kindnesses breed on themselves. — Добрые дела плодятся сами по себе.

    3) порождать, вызывать

    An iniquitous government breeds despair in men’s souls. — Несправедливое правительство вызывает отчаяние в душах людей.

    Syn:

    4) выводить, разводить ; вскармливать

    5) воспитывать, обучать

    Syn:

    6) возникать, появляться

    He allowed discontents and jealousies to breed in the army. — Он допустил, что в армии появились неудовлетворённость и зависть.

    Syn:

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    [bri:d]

    breed порождать; вызывать; to breed in and in заключать браки между родственниками breed размножаться; to breed true давать породистый приплод true: breed точно; to aim true целиться точно; to breed true сохранить чистоту породы

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    breed

    1. поколение

    2. разводить; размножаться

    breed bred — разводить; выводить; выращивать; размножаться; расти

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    [bri:d]

    2) поколение, потомство

    3) племя, род

    1) выводить, разводить

    3) обучать, воспитывать

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    breed

    1) порода, племя

    2) потомство, поколение

    (

    past

    and

    past participle

    bred)

    1) выводить, разводить (животных); вскармливать

    2) высиживать (птенцов)

    3) воспитывать, обучать

    4) размножаться; to breed true давать породистый приплод

    5) порождать; вызывать

    to breed in and in заключать браки между родственниками

    * * *

    2 (v) вырастить; выращивать; разводить

    * * *

    1) порода 2) (bred) разводить, выводить

    * * *

    [ briːd]
    порода, потомство, племя, поколение
    размножаться, высиживать, разводить; выводить, вывести; растить, вскармливать, воспитывать; обучать; вызывать, порождать

    * * *

    взрастить

    выводить

    вырастить

    выращивать

    порода

    разводить

    размножаться

    расти

    срастить

    сращивать

    * * *

    1. сущ.
    1) племя
    2) поколение
    3) амер.; разг. полукровка
    2. гл.
    1) вынашивать (детенышей), высиживать (птенцов)
    2) размножаться, плодиться (о животных) тж. перен.
    3) порождать
    4) выводить, разводить (животных)

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verb (used with object), bred, breed·ing.

to produce (offspring); procreate; engender.

to produce by mating; propagate sexually; reproduce: Ten mice were bred in the laboratory.

Horticulture.

  1. to cause to reproduce by controlled pollination.
  2. to improve by controlled pollination and selection.

to raise (cattle, sheep, etc.): He breeds longhorns on the ranch.

to cause or be the source of; engender; give rise to: Dirt breeds disease. Stagnant water breeds mosquitoes.

to develop by training or education; bring up; rear: He was born and bred a gentleman.

Energy. to produce more fissile nuclear fuel than is consumed in a reactor.

to impregnate; mate: Breed a strong mare with a fast stallion and hope for a Derby winner.

verb (used without object), bred, breed·ing.

to produce offspring: Many animals breed in the spring.

to be engendered or produced; grow; develop: Bacteria will not breed in alcohol.

to cause the birth of young, as in raising stock.

to be pregnant.

noun

Genetics. a relatively homogenous group of animals within a species, developed and maintained by humans.

lineage; stock; strain: She comes from a fine breed of people.

sort; kind; group: Scholars are a quiet breed.

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Origin of breed

before 1000; Middle English breden,Old English brēdan to nourish (cognate with Old High German bruotan,German brüten); noun use from 16th century

OTHER WORDS FROM breed

breed·a·ble, adjectiveo·ver·breed, verb (used with object), o·ver·bred, o·ver·breed·ing.re·breed, verb, re·bred, re·breed·ing.subbreed, noun

Words nearby breed

breeches part, breeching, breechless, breechloader, breechloading, breed, breeder, breeder reactor, breeding, breeding ground, breed of cat

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Words related to breed

brand, strain, type, variety, beget, create, engender, give birth to, hatch, induce, multiply, produce, propagate, reproduce, cultivate, develop, nourish, rear, character, extraction

How to use breed in a sentence

  • No, those dogs were trained to do that behavior, wouldn’t naturally have done that behavior, and there was nothing about the breed which is different.

  • Brazil’s herds are dominated by Nelore, a hardy breed that lacks the carcass and meat quality of breeds like Angus but can withstand high heat and humidity.

  • Holstein cattle, which almost always carry horned genes, are highly productive dairy cows, so using conventional breeding to introduce hornless genes from less productive breeds can compromise the Holstein’s productivity.

  • Scientists will have to look at the methylomes of different dog breeds to see if they differ.

  • This mathematical exercise gives an objective and seemingly precise number for the genetic contribution from each breed.

  • The attempt to “breed back” the Auroch of Teutonic legend was of a piece with the Nazi obsession with racial purity and eugenics.

  • A male and female who do most of the mating dominate packs, and younger subordinates only breed occasionally.

  • They seem to be a slightly different breed from those in New York or London.

  • Perhaps, once in awhile, scarcity will breed rational thinking, too.

  • And I am truly preserving something unique because those garments are like a dying breed.

  • He was a new breed, that parson, a genuwine no-two-alike, come-one-in-a-box kind.

  • When Mac started Gregory back he told him that we would be along presently, then sat himself down on a rock and watched the breed.

  • But such a thing as happened this morning must breed doubts and suspicions in a woman who has had the experience I have had.

  • None breed, however, in Guernsey itself, or in any of the little rocky islands immediately surrounding it.

  • It stays on through the winter, but never remains to breed as it does regularly at Lundy Island.

British Dictionary definitions for breed


verb breeds, breeding or bred

to bear (offspring)

(tr) to bring up; raise

to produce or cause to produce by mating; propagate

to produce and maintain new or improved strains of (domestic animals and plants)

to produce or be produced; generateto breed trouble; violence breeds in densely populated areas

noun

a group of organisms within a species, esp a group of domestic animals, originated and maintained by man and having a clearly defined set of characteristics

a lineage or racea breed of Europeans

a kind, sort, or groupa special breed of hatred

Word Origin for breed

Old English brēdan, of Germanic origin; related to brood

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Scientific definitions for breed


Verb

To produce or reproduce by giving birth or hatching.

To raise animals or plants, often to produce new or improved types.

Noun

A group of organisms having common ancestors and sharing certain traits that are not shared with other members of the same species. Breeds are usually produced by mating selected parents.

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Other Idioms and Phrases with breed


see familiarity breeds contempt.

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