breed

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈbriːd/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/brid/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(brēd)

Inflections of 'breed' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
breeds
v 3rd person singular
breeding
v pres p
bred
v past
bred
v past p

breed
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Sense: Noun: variety
Synonyms:
species, strain Collocations, variety Collocations, kind Collocations, type Collocations, sort Collocations, class Collocations, like Collocations, family Collocations, pedigree, stock Collocations, order Collocations, feather Collocations, stripe Collocations, category Collocations, genus, kin Collocations, lineage, line Collocations, folk Collocations, ilk, progeny, ancestry
Sense: Verb: produce young
Synonyms:
reproduce, give birth, procreate, multiply, propagate, produce offspring, have babies, have children, bear children, bear young, pump out babies (slang)
Sense: Verb: raise plants or animals
Synonyms:
grow Collocations, cultivate, raise Collocations, rear Collocations, bring up, farm Collocations, propagate, keep Collocations, develop Collocations, hybridize, hybridise (UK), crossbreed, clone
Sense: Verb: cause
Synonyms:
give rise to, cause Collocations, produce Collocations, generate Collocations, bring about, bring on, foster Collocations, begin Collocations, create Collocations, encourage Collocations, induce Collocations, make Collocations, be a hotbed of (informal), prompt Collocations, spawn Collocations, engender, propagate, provoke Collocations, bring forth, occasion Collocations, beget, foment


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