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breed in WordNet English dictionary
noun- a special type
"Google represents a new breed of entrepreneurs"
breed
- a special variety of domesticated animals within a species
"he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new strain of sheep"
breed strain stock
verb- have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms)
"pandas rarely breed in captivity"; "These bacteria reproduce"
breed multiply
- copulate with a female, used especially of horses
"The horse covers the mare"
breed cover
- cause to procreate (animals)
"She breeds dogs"
breed
- call forth
engender breed spawn
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