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Synonyms of breed in English:

breed


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verb

1‘Asian elephants breed readily in captivity’

SYNONYMS
reproduce, produce offspring, procreate, bear young, multiply, propagate
mate
literary beget offspring

2‘these horses are bred for racing’

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rear, raise, nurture

3‘she was born and bred in the village’

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bring up, rear, raise, nurture
educate, teach, train

4‘the political system bred massive discontent’

SYNONYMS
cause, bring about, give rise to, lead to, create, produce, generate, spawn, foster, occasion, make for, result in
arouse, stir up
literary beget

noun

1‘a medium-sized breed of cow’

SYNONYMS
variety, stock, strain, line, family
type, kind, sort, class

2‘a new breed of journalist’

SYNONYMS
type, kind, sort, variety, class, genre, genus, order, calibre, brand, generation, vintage
North American informal stripe