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- pronunciation:
- brid
- parts of speech:
- verb, noun
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
breeds, breeding, bred |
| definition 1: |
When people breed dogs, it means that they keep certain kinds of dogs and try to make sure that those dogs have puppies. People also breed cats, horses, cattle, and other animals. People breed animals to produce more of certain kinds that they want or to produce animals that are stronger or have certain characteristics that they want.
Ranchers often breed cattle.The zoo is now breeding these rare monkeys because they are becoming extinct in the wild.- similar words:
- cultivate, develop, generate, grow, promote, raise
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| definition 2: |
When animals breed, they produce babies together.
The zoo hopes the two polar bears will breed.- synonyms:
- multiply, reproduce
- similar words:
- bear, couple, mate
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| related words: |
bear, yield |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
A breed of an animal is a certain kind of that animal. There are many breeds of dogs, for example, and each breed looks different from others. Bulldog, poodle, and collie are the names of some dog breeds.
My favorite breed of dog is the collie.
- similar words:
- family, kind, sort, species, type, variety
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| derivation: |
breedable (adj.) |
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