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BREED

Definition:

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

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Related Words:

• mongrelize, mongrelise
• crossbreed, cross, hybridize, hybridise, interbreed
• pullulate
• bloodstock
• pedigree
• metis

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