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1. A special variety of domesticated animals within a species
   "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats";
   - strain, stock
    
2. A special type
   "Google represents a new breed of entrepreneurs"

1. Call forth
   - engender, spawn
    
2. (animal husbandry) copulate with a female, used especially of horses
   - cover
    
3. Cause to procreate (animals)
   "She breeds dogs"
    
4. Have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms)
   "pandas rarely breed in captivity";
   - multiply

Sounds like: brede

Derived forms: breeds, bred, breeding

Type of: animal group, cause, copulate, couple, create, do, engender, make, mate, multiply, pair, procreate, produce, reproduce, type, variety

Part of: species

Encyclopedia: Breed, Michael