Definition of breed in English:
breed
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1no object (of animals) mate and then produce offspring.
‘toads are said to return to the pond of their birth to breed’- ‘the breeding season’
- ‘There are, he says, at least 200 different species of bacteria breeding feverishly behind your lips.’
- ‘Some Australian bird species or parrot species will breed quite happily here in captivity.’
- ‘And they also believe that the creatures are breeding in our countryside.’
- ‘One thing he had not been able to figure out was how the creatures bred.’
- ‘At remote Point Bennett on San Miguel, seals and sea lions breed and pup in spectacular numbers.’
- ‘The current roster has more than 50 stallions breeding on five continents.’
- ‘But can so much really rest on the fortunes of 58 species of butterfly breeding in Britain?’
- ‘Did you know men cows will never breed with the same cow twice.’
- ‘One should also remember that cattle breed once per year, or sometimes not at all.’
- ‘A captive pair of wounded, flightless eagles had bred and produced an egg, something that almost never happens.’
- ‘Keep manure dry, since wet manure promotes fly pest breeding and inhibits beneficial insect breeding.’
- ‘The tiger breeds very easily, even in captivity.’
- ‘Birds might breed there, but in fact the reproduction success is not high enough to maintain the population.’
- ‘Larvae breed in woodland pools filled by melting snows or by spring rains.’
- ‘Now that does seem like a lot, but these birds breed at an incredibly slow rate, with an incredibly low rate of juvenile success.’
- ‘California red-legged frogs breed in aquatic habitats such as streams, ponds, marshes, and stock ponds.’
- ‘These birds breed primarily on coastal beaches from southern Washington to southern Baja California, Mexico.’
- ‘Bored pet owners released them and the birds bred.’
- ‘If the predator breeds faster than the prey, eventually the predators run out of food and starve.’
- ‘Flies can breed in infected faeces and contaminate food.’
reproduce, produce offspring, procreate, bear young, multiply, propagateView synonyms- 1.1with object Cause (an animal) to produce offspring, especially in a controlled and organized way.‘he wants to see the animals his new stock has been bred from’
- ‘Cows were bred to Brangus bulls during the 60-d breeding season, with 1 bull per 18 cows.’
- ‘Hereford sires were bred to Angus and MARC III cows.’
- ‘Mules, animals that result from breeding a male donkey with a female horse, are usually sterile.’
- ‘Researchers bred mice and monitored their offspring for DNA mutations passed through the sperm of the father.’
- ‘The dog was bred to another one of the dogs on his farm.’
- ‘Researchers planned to breed the chickens and study their offspring.’
- ‘Cows are bred, calves are produced and animals are sold off the farm.’
- ‘These little tiny innocent mice were bred at my facility for generation studies in some experiments.’
- ‘Most farmers breed pigs, sheep, and dairy cattle, from which they obtain meat, wool, milk, cheese, and butter.’
- ‘Andre says her next steps are to try to breed the species and eventually release some back into the wild.’
- ‘For to breed the dog would be to cause a worse-off rather than a better-off individual to exist.’
- ‘You can also breed your dogs, and either keep them or sell the puppies to your friends via link up.’
- ‘I noticed the horse was bred in the palace as it was the pure white colour only royal horses had.’
- ‘One does not need Stonehenge to know when to plant seeds or when to breed cattle.’
- ‘They also told him that they were breeding Bride in Blue to Seattle Slew.’
- ‘If she is bred, I won't be able to ride her for quite some time.’
- ‘He had the burnished-copper eye color that she had been seeking, so she bred him to one of her best Burmese females.’
- ‘He was bred between the strongest and fastest horses of the desert.’
- ‘In the spring, she had plans to breed him with Snow.’
- ‘He added, looking down at the mare, ‘She is about four years old, and this Spring should be bred for the first time.’’
- 1.2with object Develop (a kind of animal or plant) for a particular purpose or quality.‘these horses are bred for this sport’
- ‘Most leeks can be harvested for use as baby leeks, but some varieties are bred for culinary appeal as baby leeks.’
- ‘Hybrid seeds, on the other hand, are bred for qualities such as longevity or disease resistance.’
- ‘Many seed catalogs feature varieties that are bred for small size plots - and organic too!’
- ‘All commercial potato varieties grown in North America are bred for low levels of solanine.’
- ‘Those currently being used were bred for forage production.’
- ‘One would expect the Chinook, which was bred for function, not form, to be free of genetic disease.’
- ‘The horses this elite group invested in were bred for beauty, intelligence, strength, and speed.’
- ‘Thus, the sheepdogs developed for use on the islands were bred for agility, brains and speed.’
- ‘One of the oldest breeds, the lizard canary, is bred for the spangled effect of its feathers.’
- ‘To make the process more precise, plant varieties are often bred to express a limited range of traits.’
- ‘The best kind of bees is the bumble bee, which are bred for their speed and noise.’
- ‘They are bred for power, speediness, and stamina though height somehow made itself known within their pedigree.’
- ‘It follows that if you want an authentic border collie, you must get one that was bred for livestock work.’
- ‘Dumb and silent, they are bred for domestic tasks or field work.’
- ‘The cattle were bred for endurance, the method deemed best for inducing marbling.’
- ‘Commonly, these also had a snake nursery where snakes were bred for use for the healing ceremonies.’
- ‘Dogs are bred for profit only, and there is virtually no concern for the health or emotional well-being of these animals.’
- ‘She could try to outrun them, but their horses were bred for endurance in this desert land.’
- ‘Being bred for companionship they need it as well.’
- ‘Dachshunds were originally bred to go down badger holes and kill badgers.’
rear, raise, nurtureView synonyms - 1.3with object Rear and train (someone) to behave in a particular way or have certain qualities.‘I was raised in an artistic household and bred to be a musician’
- ‘they breed their children to be in complete control of any social situation’
- ‘This was his job and what he was practically bred to do.’
- ‘It's like stereotypical teenager stuff that she's practically bred to say.’
- ‘In this increasingly technological world, we must breed scientists, not just engineers; thinkers, not just doers.’
- ‘She's from the West Coast, and they breed strong women down there.’
- ‘One of your skills as a coach is to breed these personalities, not as individuals, but how they interact in a group.’
- ‘These types of cases breed other cases, breed other victims.’
- ‘She breeds dancers whose execution is invariably clean and gentle - a dream of lyricism.’
- ‘There's just something about that part of the country that just breeds crazy daredevils.’
- ‘One cannot but feel that the prison system breeds criminals instead of rehabilitating them.’
- ‘They breed their grannies tough out there, make no mistake.’
- ‘Our capabilities to learn are boundless but not every person is bred to be a goody-goody.’
- ‘We hope the programme will start to breed a new generation of filmmakers who would have otherwise never had an opportunity to develop their work.’
- ‘This community has bred generations of brilliant and determined mothers and fathers.’
- ‘It is this sort of attitude that breeds winners.’
- ‘We are literally breeding people to fail, and then allowing them to do so.’
- ‘I think that the coaches' goal should be to create an environment that breeds people wanting to stay inside the program.’
- ‘The region seemed to breed athletes with a burning desire required at the top level.’
bring up, rear, raise, nurtureView synonyms - 1.4with object Cause (something) to happen or occur, typically over a period of time.‘success breeds confidence’
- ‘Naturally, I concluded that athletic success bred confidence that carries through into professional life.’
- ‘Or could it be that beauty breeds fame and success?’
- ‘Usually, success breeds envy and resentment, but we've stayed good friends.’
- ‘As you mentioned, success breeds competition.’
- ‘And so in a sense success breeds its own failure.’
- ‘In television, more than any other business, success breeds imitation.’
- ‘In fact, ‘success’ has similarly bred disaster.’
- ‘Put very crudely, familiarity and success bred scepticism and contempt.’
- ‘Our local practices breed complacency and led us to take shortcuts.’
- ‘It breeds resentment, and often leads to increased violence and serious abuse.’
- ‘What are the general factors that breed terrorism?’
- ‘Effective communication in the employee-supervisor relationship breeds trust and better understanding.’
- ‘As she saw it, even occasional laziness breeds disaster.’
- ‘Openness means equality; it breeds fairness which results in strength.’
- ‘Such experience bred self-reliance and general hardiness among the settlers.’
- ‘When addressing creativity, the general rule is quantity breeds quality!’
- ‘Success breeds success and the entire animation category needs a boost these days.’
- ‘It breeds an atmosphere of competition which has, over time, become hostility.’
- ‘Collusion in under-age drinking starts at home and adult abuse breeds imitation’.’
- ‘This is not a track record that breeds confidence.’
cause, bring about, give rise to, lead to, create, produce, generate, spawn, foster, occasion, make for, result inView synonyms - 1.5Physics with object Create (fissile material) by nuclear reaction.‘The reactor was designed for breeding plutonium and can readily be converted to do so.’
- ‘The breeding reactor is included in the cooling circuit with a lower coolant temperature.’
- ‘Only small fractions of these fertile elements are needed for clandestine breeding of fissionable fuels.’
Pronunciation
noun
1A stock of animals or plants within a species having a distinctive appearance and typically having been developed by deliberate selection.
‘the big continental breeds are eagerly being imported by British farmers’- ‘This text would be very applicable for an introductory course in animal breeds, selection, evaluation and judging.’
- ‘I would point out that we have special breeds of animals that we bred for hundreds of years.’
- ‘In the section for cattle, about 600 stud animals of 15 different breeds and 16 slaughter steers have been entered.’
- ‘As someone who supports rare breeds and animal welfare, I'll have to side with PETA on this one.’
- ‘It's one way of keeping yourself up-to-date on what's happening, especially with a plant breed.’
- ‘The quantity and quality of fats in traditional animal breeds varies, too.’
- ‘Most calves in Britain are cross-breds with blood from both native and continental breeds.’
- ‘Rankings for purebred producers are useful within respective breeds.’
- ‘This should also be true of cattle within the same breed.’
- ‘Furthermore, since humans have been in New Zealand, many breeds of native flora and fauna have become extinct.’
- ‘He wrestles crocodiles and captures all breeds of dangerous animals for a living.’
- ‘Even so, some dogs within these breeds bark more than they should, some more than others.’
- ‘These values enhance the accuracy of selection decisions by establishing the relative genetic value of a sire within a breed.’
- ‘We talked about the breed species and of its culture.’
- ‘Each steer within a breed group was randomly assigned a number between one and four.’
- ‘They went to great lengths to find the most powerful of each animal breed, and take a fang from their mouths.’
- ‘The origin of the Maltese as a distinct breed has never been precisely determined.’
- ‘Once you decide which breed you'd like to raise, what kind of facilities will you need?’
- ‘Regardless of what breed you choose, or where it comes from, ALL dogs need training.’
- ‘Once you decide which breed you want, you will need to consider the age of the dog.’
variety, stock, strain, line, familyView synonyms- 1.1A sort or kind of person or thing.‘a new breed of entrepreneurs was brought into being’
- ‘There were breeds of all sorts talking and singing, having a good time.’
- ‘It was said that entrepreneurs were a special breed, more driven to succeed than the rest of us.’
- ‘We must find a way to accommodate both breeds of military professional.’
- ‘Make no mistake; modern CEOs are generally an outstanding breed.’
- ‘He was a transition figure - the last of the World War II heroic generals and the first of a new breed, the managerial generals.’
- ‘If you're a fan of the old-school jungle sound or even part of the new breed of fans, pick up this mix.’
- ‘I present a new breed of cultural critic, unleashing a fresh brand of polysyllabic pontification.’
- ‘Meanwhile a new breed of artists was advancing another brand of banality, with divisive effects on the art world.’
- ‘But it just goes to show you what sort of breed of people lived in our wee town.’
- ‘One of the new breed of sneaker brands is straight outta Orange County.’
- ‘The new breed of woman writer has a $500,000 first contract and a very specific aesthetic and social profile.’
- ‘There's a whole new breed of this kind of activity and it's on the Internet.’
- ‘Silicon Valley-style entrepreneurs are still a rare breed in both countries.’
- ‘By contrast, her second husband seems another breed entirely.’
- ‘Lots of industry people there for that strange breed of person who enjoy that sort of thing.’
- ‘It takes a certain kind of breed of person to jump on the back of a bull.’
- ‘It's also nice to see a variety show again and any star that can bring that breed of show back to life can't be all bad.’
- ‘The wine of interest to this new breed of wine merchant typically sits in an unbroken case in Britain.’
- ‘I am currently dating one of the dominant species of my breed.’
- ‘It was as if a new species, a new breed of humans had come into my knowledge.’
type, kind, sort, variety, class, genre, genus, order, calibre, brand, generation, vintageView synonyms
Pronunciation
Phrases
- a breed apart
A sort or kind or person that is very different from the norm.
‘health-service staff are a breed apart with their dedication to duty’- ‘Regular callers to these programmes are a breed apart.’
- ‘While the Danes, Swedes and Norwegians are of the same race with similar languages, the Finns are a breed apart.’
- ‘English directors are a breed apart and unlike anything we have in this country.’
- ‘These ghosts are a breed apart from the usual homeless types who inhabit such dwellings.’
- ‘Diplomacy enthusiasts have always been a breed apart from the mainstream of the hobby.’
A sort or kind of person that is slowly disappearing.
‘the country's dying breed of elder statesmen’- ‘But I wonder if that huggable American tourist is a dying breed.’
- ‘Restaurants like the Shamrock are a dying breed in Vancouver.’
- ‘Windsurfers may be a dying breed in the United States, but the sport is alive and kicking on the Italian Riviera.’
- ‘The pair is part of a dying breed of music partnerships.’
- ‘I know I'm almost the last of a dying breed: one of the few career stage actors left in the world.’
- ‘And you ask why chivalrous men are a dying breed?’
- ‘But I hope they are a dying breed, when it comes to layout anyway.’
- ‘Screen Art is one of the last of a dying breed in that area.’
- ‘The men and women who practice this art and create durable, functional, and practical furniture are among a dying breed.’
- ‘Environmentalists, in the traditional single-issue sense, are a dying breed.’
Origin
Old English brēdan ‘produce (offspring), bear (a child)’, of Germanic origin; related to German brüten, also to brood.
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