breed

IPA: brˈid

All animals or plants of the same species or subspecies.
A race or lineage; offspring or issue.
(informal) A group of people with shared characteristics.
A surname.
A town and unincorporated community therein, in Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States, named after postmaster George M. Breed.
(derogatory) Ellipsis of half-breed. [(derogatory) A person of mixed racial parentage or ancestry, especially one of mixed white and American Indian parentage (metis, métis, Metis, Métis; mestizo).]

To produce offspring sexually; to bear young.
(transitive) To give birth to; to be the native place of.
Of animals, to mate.
To keep animals and have them reproduce in a way that improves the next generation’s qualities.
To arrange the mating of specific animals.
To propagate or grow plants trying to give them certain qualities.
To take care of in infancy and through childhood; to bring up.
To yield or result in.
(obsolete, intransitive) To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated, or to grow, like young before birth.
(sometimes as breed up) To educate; to instruct; to bring up
To produce or obtain by any natural process.
(intransitive) To have birth; to be produced, developed or multiplied.
(transitive) To ejaculate inside; to attempt to impregnate.

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