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breed

Pronunciation: /ˈbɹiːd/

The English word “breed” has 16 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To produce offspring sexually; to bear young.
  2. To give birth to; to be the native place of.
  3. 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).
  6. To propagate or grow (plants) in an effort to give (them) certain qualities.
  7. To take care of in infancy and through childhood; to bring up.
  8. To yield or result in.
  9. To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated or to grow, like young before birth.
  10. To educate; to instruct; to bring up.
  11. To produce or obtain by any natural process.
  12. To have birth; to be produced, developed, or multiplied.
  13. To ejaculate inside (a person or a bodily orifice of same); to creampie.

noun

  1. All animals or plants of the same species or subspecies.
  2. A race or lineage; offspring or issue.
  3. A group of people with shared characteristics.

Etymology

Inherited 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, Low German bröden, Dutch broeden, German brüten.

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