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Another word for breed

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Verb

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

      1. To produce or deposit (spawn).
      2. To produce or give rise to:
      3. To produce offspring in large numbers.
      1. To undergo reproduction, or copying, duplication, etc.
      2. To generate offspring by sexual or asexual means.
      3. To produce offspring; bring forth others of its kind
      1. To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production; -- applied to animals and plants; as, to propagate a breed of horses or sheep; to propagate a species of fruit tree.
      2. To cause (a plant or animal) to reproduce itself; raise or breed
      3. To cause to extend to a broader area or larger number; spread:
      1. To increase or spread at a rapid rate:
      2. To cause to grow or increase rapidly.
      3. To multiply rapidly; increase profusely
      1. To beget or conceive (offspring).
      2. To produce offspring; reproduce.
      3. To produce or bring into existence
      1. To grow in amount, number, or degree:
      2. (Math.) To find the product of by multiplication
      3. To increase in number, amount, extent, or degree; specif., to increase by procreation
      1. To make greater or larger.
      2. To multiply; reproduce.
      3. To cause to become greater in size, amount, degree, etc.; add to; augment
    See also:

    reproduction

  2. To be the biological father of

    See also:

    kin

  3. To cause to come into existence

      1. To plant with mycelia grown in specially prepared organic matter.
      2. To bring forth or be the source of (esp. something regarded with contempt and produced in great numbers)
      3. To produce or give rise to:
      1. To beget
      2. To be the male individual or gamete producing an animal's offspring or a plant's seed through sexual reproduction:
      3. To be the biological father of (a child).
      1. To get (a play, film, TV program, etc.) ready for presentation to the public
      2. To make or yield products or a product:
      3. To make or manufacture
      1. To produce offspring; reproduce.
      2. To produce or bring into existence
      3. To originate, create or produce something.
      1. To act as a parent to; raise and nurture:
      2. To cause to come into existence; originate.
      1. To come into being; begin; start
      2. To bring into being; create or start:
      3. To bring into being; esp., to create (something original); invent
      1. To rise or accumulate:
      2. To achieve, produce, or attain:
      3. To draw up and execute in a suitable form:
      1. To bring forth (young) from an egg or eggs by applying warmth
      2. To emerge from or break out of an egg.
      3. To bring (a plan, idea, etc.) into existence; esp., to plan in a secret or underhanded way; plot
      1. To act or serve as a father to (a child).
      2. To provide the sperm that unites with an egg to produce an embryo, fetus, or child.
      3. To look after or care for as a father does
      1. (Critical theory) To endow with gender; to create gender or enhance the importance of gender. [from 20th c.]
      2. To bring into existence; give rise to:
      3. To bring into being; bring about; cause; produce
      1. To give rise to; produce:
      2. To produce through artistic or imaginative effort:
      3. To cause to come into existence; bring into being; make; originate; esp., to make or design (something requiring art, skill, invention, etc.)
      1. To cause to exist or occur; produce:
      2. To produce (offspring) by sexual reproduction. Used especially of a man.
      3. To bring into being; produce
    Idioms:
    See also:

    make

  4. To bring into existence and foster the development of

      1. To stir up; instigate:
      2. To grow, especially in quantity; cultivate:
      3. To bring about; provoke:
      1. To cause to spread to extend; to impel or continue forward in space; as, to propagate sound or light.
      2. To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production; -- applied to animals and plants; as, to propagate a breed of horses or sheep; to propagate a species of fruit tree.
      3. To cause (a plant or animal) to reproduce itself; raise or breed
      1. To come to be by a gradual process or by degrees; become:
      2. To allow to grow
      3. To cause to grow; raise:
      1. To prepare and use (soil or land) for growing crops; till
      2. To grow (plants, crops, etc.)
      3. To grow or tend (a plant or crop).
    See also:

    reproduction

    care for

Noun

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

      1. A body of religious beliefs; a religion:
      2. A party, faction, or group holding to a particular set of ideas or beliefs.
      3. (Informal) Kind, sort, sex, etc.
      1. The quality or condition of being various or varied; diversity:
      2. Something that is distinguished from others of the same kind by a specific characteristic or set of characteristics:
      3. A number or collection of varied things, especially of a particular group; an assortment:
      1. A size or style of printed or typewritten characters; a typeface:
      2. The type specimen, type species, or type genus, which serves as the basis for the name of a species, genus, or family.
      3. A number of people or things having in common traits or characteristics that distinguish them as a group or class:
      1. A strip of cloth or braid worn on a uniform to indicate rank, awards received, or length of service; a chevron.
      2. A long narrow band distinguished, as by color or texture, from the surrounding material or surface.
      3. A distinctive type, kind, or sort
      1. Characteristic nature or quality:
      2. A small piece of paper, distinctively imprinted on the face and usually gummed on the back, issued by a government for a specified price and required to be affixed to a letter, parcel, document, commodity subject to duty, etc. as evidence that the prescribed fee, as for carrying mail, has been paid
      3. Character; kind; class; type
      1. (Roman Catholic Church) The outward appearance or form of the Eucharistic elements that is retained after their consecration.
      2. (Logic) A class of individuals or objects having certain distinguishing attributes in common, given a common name, and comprised with other similar classes in a more comprehensive grouping called a genus
      3. A kind, variety, or type:
      1. Character or nature:
      2. (Printing) Any of the kinds of characters in a font of type
      3. A group of persons or things of the same general character; a kind.
      1. A condition of methodical or prescribed arrangement among component parts such that proper functioning or appearance is achieved:
      2. A sequence or arrangement of successive things:
      3. (Biol.) A major category in the classification of animals, plants, etc., ranking above a family and below a class: it can include one family or many similar families: the Latinized order names are capitalized but not italicized (Ex.: Fabales, legumes)
      1. A kind or sort:
      2. Inborn character; innate disposition; inherent tendencies of a person
      3. Kind; sort; type
      1. Any of various filamentous fungi, generally a circular colony having a woolly or furry appearance, that grow on the surface of organic matter and contribute to its disintegration.
      2. A pattern, hollow form, or matrix for giving a certain shape to something in a plastic or molten state
      3. Distinctive character or type:
      1. The prevailing customs, social conduct, and norms of a specific society, period, or group, especially as the subject of a literary work:
      2. Kind; sort:
      3. A way or method in which something is done or happens; mode or fashion of procedure
      1. A piece of land used for a given purpose:
      2. A number of associated people or things:
      3. An individual of a particular kind or type:
      1. A doubtful or borderline member of a given category:
      2. The natural order or course of things; nature.
      3. A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.
      1. Kind; sort; class
      2. The same. Used following a name to indicate that the one named resides in an area bearing the same name:
      3. A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.
      1. A statement or an account describing something:
      2. Sort, kind, or variety
      3. The act, process, art, or technique of describing or picturing in words
      1. The act of casting; a throw; also, a way of casting or distance thrown
      2. Outward form or look; appearance:
      3. The form in which something is made or constructed; arrangement:
    See also:

    group

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Another word for breed

Noun
      1. A doubtful or borderline member of a given category:
      2. A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.
      3. Sort; variety; class
      1. The quality or condition of being various or varied; diversity:
      2. A number or collection of varied things, especially of a particular group; an assortment:
      3. A variety show.
      1. (Physics) Any of several kinds of deformation of the dimensions of a body when subjected to stress, as axial strain or elastic strain.
      2. A group of cultivated plants or domestic animals of the same species that have distinctive characteristics but are not considered a separate breed or variety.
      3. The descendants of a common ancestor; race; stock; line; breed; variety
    See also:

    race

    class

Verb

  1. To produce young

    See also:

    reproduce

    propagate

    produce

  2. To cause

    See also:

    produce

    cause

    begin

  3. To cause animals or plants to reproduce

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Sentence Examples

  • What breed do you raise?

  • The native breed of mules is remarkably fine.

  • The most remarkable feature about the breed is that the young are white.

  • The blue eyes -and the white coat of the kitten indicate that the Siamese breed is a semi-albino, which when adult tends towards melanism, such a combination of characters being apparently unknown in any other animal.

  • - Skins Of The Striped Domestic Cat, Giving The "Ticked" Breed And A Partially Albino Specimen.

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