breed (noun)
11breed — 1 verb past tense and past participle bred, 1 (I) if animals breed they have babies: Eagles breed during the cooler months of the year. 2 (T) to keep animals or plants in order to produce babies or new plants, or in order to develop new or better …
12breed — 1. verb /briːd/ a) To sexually produce offspring. She wanted to breed her cow to the neighbors registered bull. b) Of animals, to mate. He tries to breed blue roses. See Also: breeder, breeding …
13breed — 1. verb 1) elephants breed readily in captivity Syn: reproduce, produce/bear/generate offspring, procreate, multiply, propagate; mate 2) she was born and bred in the village Syn: bring up, rear, raise, nurture 3) …
14breed — 1. verb 1) elephants breed readily in captivity Syn: reproduce, produce offspring, procreate, multiply, mate 2) she was born and bred in the village Syn: bring up, rear, raise, nurture 3) …
15breed — [briːd] (past tense and past participle bred [bred] ) verb I 1) [I] if animals breed, they become the parents of young animals 2) [T] to produce new plants or animals from existing ones 3) [T] to make bad feelings or situations develop Secrecy… …
16breed — I. verb (bred; breeding) Etymology: Middle English breden, from Old English brēdan; akin to Old English brōd brood Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation 2. a. beget 1 …
17breed — [c]/brid / (say breed) verb (bred, breeding) –verb (t) 1. to produce (offspring). 2. to procure by the mating of parents; propagate. 3. Horticulture a. to cause to reproduce by controlled pollination. b. to improve by controlled pollination and… …
18breed — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. create, multiply; generate, produce. n. strain, race, stock. See relation, class, reproduction. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. strain, variety, kind; see class 1 , race 1 . v. 1. [To produce young] Syn.… …
19breed — verb (past and past participle bred) 1》 (of animals) mate and then produce offspring. ↘cause (an animal) to produce offspring. ↘develop (a variety of plant or animal). 2》 bring up to behave in a particular way. 3》 produce or lead to:… …
20Breed's Hill — /bridz ˈhɪl/ (say breedz hil) noun See Bunker Hill …
