Synonyms for breed
verb
To produce young
reproduce, give birth, procreate, beget; see produce 1, propagate 1, reproduce 3.
To cause
give rise to, engender, occasion, produce; see begin 1, cause 2, produce 1.
To cause animals or plants to reproduce
raise, grow, cultivate, develop, propagate, rear, keep, hybridize, crossbreed, clone.
See breed in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To produce sexually or asexually others of one's kind:
increase, multiply, procreate, proliferate, propagate, reproduce, spawn. See reproductionTo be the biological father of:
beget, father, get, procreate, sire. See kinTo cause to come into existence:
beget, create, engender, father, hatch, make, originate, parent, procreate, produce, sire, spawn. Idiom: give birth (or rise) to. See makeTo bring into existence and foster the development of:
cultivate, grow, propagate, raise. See care for, reproduction
noun
A class that is defined by the common attribute or attributes possessed by all its members:
cast, description, feather, ilk, kind2, lot, manner, mold, nature, order, sort, species, stamp, stripe, type, variety. (Informal) persuasion. See group
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