breed
1. a special variety of domesticated animals within a species (Freq. 1)
- he experimented on a particular breed of white rats
- he created a new strain of sheep
• Syn:
strain, stock
• Derivationally related forms:
stock (for: stock)
• Hypernyms:
variety, animal group
• Hyponyms:
bloodstock, pedigree
• Member Holonyms:
species
2. a special type
- Google represents a new breed of entrepreneurs
• Hypernyms:
type
1. call forth (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
engender, spawn
• Hypernyms:
cause, do, make
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. copulate with a female, used especially of horses (Freq. 1)
- The horse covers the mare
• Syn:
cover
• Topics:
animal husbandry
• Hypernyms:
copulate, mate, pair, couple
• Verb Group:
brood, hatch, cover, incubate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
3. cause to procreate (animals)
- She breeds dogs
• Derivationally related forms:
breeder, breeding
• Hypernyms:
produce, make, create
• Hyponyms:
mongrelize, mongrelise, crossbreed, cross, hybridize,
hybridise, interbreed
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
4. have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms)
- pandas rarely breed in captivity
- These bacteria reproduce
• Syn:
multiply
• Derivationally related forms:
multiplication (for: multiply), breeding
• Hypernyms:
reproduce, procreate, multiply
• Hyponyms:
pullulate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
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