breed (briːd
)
Definitions
verb
Word forms: breeds, breeding, bred
- to bear (offspring)
- (tr) to bring up; raise
- to produce or cause to produce by mating; propagate
- to produce and maintain new or improved strains of (domestic animals and plants)
- to produce or be produced; generate ⇒
to breed trouble
violence breeds in densely populated areas
noun
- a group of organisms within a species, esp a group of domestic animals, originated and maintained by man and having a clearly defined set of characteristics
- a lineage or race ⇒
a breed of Europeans
- a kind, sort, or group ⇒
a special breed of hatred
Word Origin
Old English brēdan, of Germanic origin; related to broodTranslations
- British English:
breed
A breed of animal is a particular type of it....rare breeds of cattle.briːd NOUN ...rare breeds of cattle.
- Spanish:
raza
nf
- French:
race
nf
- German:
Rasse
nf
- Chinese: 品种 n
- Arabic: نَسْل n
- Portuguese: raça nf
- Russian: порода nf
- Croatian: pasmina nf
- Czech: plemeno nnt
- Danish: race nutr
- Dutch: ras nnt
- Finnish: rotu n
- Greek: ράτσα nf
- Italian: razza nf
- Japanese: 品種 n
- Korean: 품종 n
- Norwegian: rase nnt
- Polish: rasa nf
- Brazilian Portuguese: raça nf
- European Spanish:
raza
nf
- Swedish: ras nutr
- Thai: พันธุ์ n
- Turkish: cins n
- Vietnamese: giống n
- British English:
breed
If you breed animals or plants, you keep them for the purpose of producing more animals or plants.He used to breed dogs for the police.briːd VERB He used to breed dogs for the police.
- Spanish:
criar
v
- French:
élever
vt
- German:
züchten
v
- Chinese: 繁殖 v
- Arabic: يَتَناسَل v
- Portuguese: procriar v
- Russian: выводить (животных, растения) v
- Croatian: uzgajati v
- Czech: chovat v
- Danish: avle v
- Dutch: voortplanten (zich) v
- Finnish: jalostaa v
- Greek: αναπαράγω v
- Italian: allevare v
- Japanese: 品種改良する v
- Korean: 새끼를 낳다 v
- Norwegian: avle v
- Polish: wyhodować v hodować
- Brazilian Portuguese: procriar v
- European Spanish:
criar
v
- Swedish: föda upp v
- Thai: เลี้ยง v
- Turkish: yetiştirmek v
- Vietnamese: sinh sản v
Usage examples
He questioned her further, but she was unable to identify the breed.
, A Song at Twilight (1989)Six species of woodpecker breed here, and I found five of them.
Country Life (2004)This is a very distinct breed of Jetta driver from the ones I have previously described.
Globe and Mail (2003)She will become the first lady to lead the breed society with the largest number of breeding ewes in the UK.
Glasgow Herald (2001)The effect of this training is to breed a fear of fresh food.
, SHOPPED: The Shocking Power of British Supermarkets (2004)