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Bookmark or Share- Breed - definition of breed by The Free Dictionaryn. 1. A group of organisms having common ancestors and certain distinguishable characteristics, especially a group within a species developed by artificial selection and maintained by controlled propagation. 2. A kind; a sort: a new breed of politician; a new breed of computer. 3. Offensive A person of mixed racial descent; a half-breed. Idioms:
- Breed Definition & Meaning - Merriam-WebsterThe meaning of BREED is to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation. How to use breed in a sentence. to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation; beget; produce, engender…
- BREED Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.comnoun. Genetics. a relatively homogenous group of animals within a species, developed and maintained by humans. lineage; stock; strain: She comes from a fine breed of people. Synonyms: line, pedigree, family. sort; kind; group: Scholars are a quiet breed.
- BREED | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionarybreed. verb [ I/T ] us / brid / past tense and past participle bred us / bred /. to keep animals or plants for the purpose of producing young animals or plants, often for chosen qualities: [ T ] He bred hogs and cows and sold the meat and dairy products. When animals breed, they reproduce.
- BREED definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary1. countable noun. A breed of a pet animal or farm animal is a particular type of it. For example, terriers are a breed of dog . ...rare breeds of cattle. [ + of] Certain breeds are more dangerous than others. Synonyms: variety, family, line, sort More Synonyms of breed. 2. verb.
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