Breed

Breed Breed, v. i. 1. To bear and nourish young; to reproduce or multiply itself; to be pregnant. [1913 Webster]

That they breed abundantly in the earth. --Gen. viii. 17. [1913 Webster]

The mother had never bred before. --Carpenter. [1913 Webster]

Ant. Is your gold and silver ewes and rams? Shy. I can not tell. I make it breed as fast. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

2. To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated, or to grow, as young before birth. [1913 Webster]

3. To have birth; to be produced or multiplied. [1913 Webster]

Heavens rain grace On that which breeds between them. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

4. To raise a breed; to get progeny. [1913 Webster]

The kind of animal which you wish to breed from. --Gardner. [1913 Webster]

{To breed in and in}, to breed from animals of the same stock that are closely related. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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Synonyms:

Bring forth, bear, conceive and bring to birth, beget, produce, engender, Bring forth young, produce off-spring / Nourish, nurture, foster, bring up, rear, raise, Be born, be produced, have birth, arise, take rise, grow, develop / Discipline, educate, instruct, train, teach, school, bring up, nurture, rear, Raise live-stock, engage in breeding, Race (of animals), lineage, pedigree, progeny, stock, family, line, extraction, strain / Originate, occasion, beget, produce, engender, generate, be the occasion of, give rise to, be the cause of

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