breed

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Synonyms: creed, greed, reed, treed, bleed, dreed, freed, bree, preed, brewed, breen

Antonyms: creed, greed, reed, treed, bleed, dreed, freed, bree, preed, brewed, breen

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Verb

1. To produce [[offspring]] [[sexually]]; to [[bear]] [[young]].
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[give birth]] to; to be the [[native]] [[place]] of.
3. {{lb|en|of animals}} To [[mate]].
4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[keep]] ([[animal]]s) and have (them) [[reproduce]] in a way that [[improve]]s the next [[generation]]'s [[quality|qualities]].
5. {{lb|en|transitive|often with ''to'' or ''with''}} To [[arrange]] the [[mating]] of (specific animals).
6. To [[propagate]] or [[grow]] ([[plant]]s) in an [[effort]] to give (them) certain [[quality|qualities]].
7. To [[take care of]] in [[infancy]] and through [[childhood]]; to [[bring up]].
8. To [[yield]] or [[result]] in.
9. {{lb|en|obsolete|intransitive}} To be [[form]]ed in the [[parent]] or [[dam]]; to be [[generate]]d or to [[grow]], like [[young]] before [[birth]].
10. {{lb|en|sometimes as [[breed up]]}} To [[educate]]; to [[instruct]]; to [[bring up]].
11. To [[produce]] or [[obtain]] by any [[natural]] [[process]].
12. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To have [[birth]]; to be [[produce]]d, [[develop]]ed{{,}} or [[multiply|multiplied]].

Noun

1. All animals or plants of the same species or subspecies.
2. A [[race]] or [[lineage]]; [[offspring]] or [[issue]].
3. {{lb|en|informal}} A group of people with shared [[characteristic]]s.
4. {{lb|en|derogatory}} {{ellipsis of|en|half-breed}}.

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.
2. {{place|en|town/and/unincorporated community|therein, in|co/Oconto County|s/Wisconsin|c/USA}}, named after postmaster George M. Breed.

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