breed

Meaning

1. To produce offspring sexually; to bear young.
2. To give birth to; to be the native place of.
3. Of animals, to mate.
4. To keep animals and have them reproduce in a way that improves the next generation’s qualities.
5. To arrange the mating of specific animals.
6. To propagate or grow plants trying to give them certain qualities.
7. To take care of in infancy and through childhood; to bring up.
8. To yield or result in.
9. (obsolete) To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated, or to grow, like young before birth.
10. To educate; to instruct; to bring up
11. To produce or obtain by any natural process.
12. To have birth; to be produced, developed or multiplied.
13. (slang) To ejaculate inside; to attempt to impregnate.

raise

rear

give birth to

raise children

increase in number

be the cause of

propogate species

of a mixed

alive

multiply by reproduction

give rise

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɹiːd/

From Middle English breden, from Old English brēdan, from Proto-Germanic *brōdijaną (“to brood”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁- (“warm”). Cognate with Scots brede, breid, Saterland Frisian briede, West Frisian briede, Dutch broeden, German Low German bröden, German brüten.