breed

Phonetics

/bɹiːd/

noun

All animals or plants of the same species or subspecies.
Example: a breed of animal
A race or lineage; offspring or issue.
A group of people with shared characteristics.
Example: People who were taught classical Greek and Latin at school are a dying breed.

verb

To produce offspring sexually; to bear young.
To give birth to; to be the native place of.
Example: a pond breeds fish; a northern country breeds stout men
Of animals, to mate.
To keep animals and have them reproduce in a way that improves the next generation’s qualities.
To arrange the mating of specific animals.
Example: She wanted to breed her cow to the neighbor's registered bull.
To propagate or grow plants trying to give them certain qualities.
Example: He tries to breed blue roses.
To take care of in infancy and through childhood; to bring up.
To yield or result in.
Example: disaster breeds famine; familiarity breeds contempt
To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated, or to grow, like young before birth.
(sometimes as breed up) To educate; to instruct; to bring up
To produce or obtain by any natural process.
To have birth; to be produced, developed or multiplied.
To ejaculate inside someone's ass

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