Breed

/bɹiːd/

Synonyms for "breed" (344 found)

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Closest matches (69)

Noun(6 words)

strain ayrshirebearing usebird matingbreeding sowcross

accrue accumulate advance affiliation ancestryanimal kingdomapparentation appear appreciate apprentice arise author balloonbe gravidbe knocked upbe pregnantbe with childbear beg beget

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birth bloat blood bloodline boom branch brand breakbreak inbreed truebringbring aboutbring forthbring into beingbring to effectbring to passbring upbroaden broodcall into beingcarrycarry youngcast cause character children clan class coin colorcommon ancestryconceive concoct condition consanguinity contrivecook upcopulate cover create crescendo

Verb(2 words)

brooded cover

Strong matches (103)

crossbreed cultivate culture deme denomination derivation descendant descendants descent description design designation develop devisedirect linediscipline discoverdistaff sidedodream up

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drill effect effectuate engender establish evolve exercise extraction fabricate family farm father fatten feather feedfemale linefetch upfiliation fit folk form foster found frame fruit gaingain strengthgenerate genre gens genus gestate getget aheadget upgive being togive birth togive occasion togive origin togive rise togo upgrain grandchildren great-grandchildren groom grow hatch heir heirshostages to fortunehouse house-train housebreak ilk improve improvise inaugurate inbreed increase incubate induce inheritor inheritors

Noun(10 words)

crossbreeds crossing cultivate debouillet domesticating evoke foster generate half-breed hybridizing

Verb(9 words)

crossed domesticate domesticated domesticates ejaculate engender grows inseminated inseminates

Adjective(1 words)

cultured

Related words (172)

institute intensify invent issue keep kid kidney kids kin kind labellick into shapelineline of descentlineagelittle oneslot makemake domake do with

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make lovemake upmale linemanner mark mate matriclan mature mint mold mother mould moulder mouldy mount multiplymuster upnation nationality naturenew generationnumber nurse nurture occasion offspring order originate outbreed patriclan people persuasion phratry phyle phylum planplant kingdomposterity practice prepare procreate produce progenerate progeny proliferate propagate provokeput in tuneput to schoolrace raise ranch ready realize rear rehearse reproducereproduce in kindriserising generationrunrun upseedsend to schoolsept setset afloatset on footset upshapeshoot upside sire sit snowball sons sort spawnspear sidespeciesspindle sidespread stamp stem stirps stock strain strengthenstrike outstripe style succession swellsword sidetake in handthe like ofthe likes ofthink outthink uptotem train treasures tribe type variety wax way widen workwork upyounglings youngster youngsters

Noun(28 words)

kept animalkind kweek mate mates matingmost domesticatedmultiply orpington pair pairs procreate procreating ranching reproduce reproducing ruts rutting schnauzerselectively bred

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spawningspawning areaspawnsstarting stockstock studs type variety

Verb(11 words)

mated multiplied multiplies multiply procreates pupped reproducedreproduced findingreproduces spawn spawned

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More general

20 entries

affectanimal groupcategory cause class copulate couple create do influence make mate multiply pair procreate produce

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More specific

9 entries

Labrador retrieverPersian catcalving curiosity foaling lambing mating resentment trust

Collocations

10 entries

breed hostilitybreed new ideasbreed standardbreed varietybreeding groundbreeding programbreeding seasoncat breedcattle breeddog breed

Inflections

3 entries

bred breeding breeds

Derivations

3 entries

breedable breeder breeding

similar

4 entries

brood cover hatch incubate

Sample sentences

36 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I always have to check my yard for stagnant pools of water so mosquitoes don't breed there.

Source: tatoeba (1990)

The crocodile, which produces only male young in hotter weather, might die out too because there will be no females to breed.

Source: tatoeba (28917)

Bacteria will not breed in alcohol.

Source: tatoeba (35480)

Rats breed rapidly.

Source: tatoeba (35794)

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