breed
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Is breed a Scrabble word?
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To give birth to; to be the native place of.Examples: "A pond breeds fish."; "A northern country breeds stout men."; "Yet every mother breeds not sons alike."transitive
2. (of animals) To mate.
3. (transitive) To keep (animals) and have (them) reproduce in a way that improves the next generation's qualities.transitive
4. (transitive, often with to or with) To arrange the mating of (specific animals).Examples: "She wanted to breed her cow to the neighbor's registered bull."oftentransitive
5. (obsolete, intransitive) To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated or to grow, like young before birth.intransitiveobsolete
6. (sometimes as breed up) To educate; to instruct; to bring up.Examples: "No care was taken to breed him a Protestant."; "His farm may not […] remove his children too far from him, or the trade he breeds them up in."sometimes
noun (English)
1. (informal) A group of people with shared characteristics.Examples: "People who were taught classical Greek and Latin at school are a dying breed."informal
2. (derogatory) Ellipsis of half-breed.abbreviationalt-ofderogatoryellipsis
Definition source: Wiktionary