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BREED, v.t. pret. and pp. bred. 1. To generate; to engender; to hatch; to produce the young of any species of animals. I think it is never used of plants, and in animals is always applied to the mother or dam.2. To produce within or upon the body; as, to breed teeth; to breed worms.3. To cause; to occasion; to produce; to originate.Intemperance and lust breed infirmities.Ambition breeds factions.4. To contrive; to hatch; to produce by plotting.Had he a heart and a brain to breed it in?5. To give birth to; to be the native place of; as, a pond breeds fish; a northern country breeds a race of stout men. 6. To educate; to instruct; to form by education; often, but unnecessarily, followed by up; as, to breed a son to an occupation; a man bred at a university. To breed up is vulgar. 7. To bring up; to nurse and foster; to take care of in infancy, and through the age of youth; to provide for, train and conduct; to instruct the mind and form the manners in youth.To bring thee forth with pain, with care to breed.BREED, v.i. To produce, as a fetus; to bear and nourish, as in pregnancy; as, a female breeds with pain. 1. To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated, or to grow, as young before birth; as,children or young breed in the matrix.2. To have birth; to be produced; as, fish breed in rivers.3. To be increased by a new production.But could youth last and love still breed.4. To raise a breed; as, to choose the best species of swine to breed from.BREED, n. A race or progeny from the same parents or stock. 1. A cast; a kind; a race of men or other animals, which have an alliance by nativity, or some distinctive qualities in common; as a breed of men in a particular country; a breed of horses or sheep. Applied to men, it is not elegant. We use race.2. Progeny; offspring; applied to other things than animals.3. A number produced at once, a hatch; a brood; but for this, brood is generally used.
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BREED, v.t. pret. and pp. bred. 1. To generate; to engender; to hatch; to produce the young of any species of animals. I think it is never used of plants, and in animals is always applied to the mother or dam.2. To produce within or upon the body; as, to breed teeth; to breed worms.3. To cause; to occasion; to produce; to originate.Intemperance and lust breed infirmities.Ambition breeds factions.4. To contrive; to hatch; to produce by plotting.Had he a heart and a brain to breed it in?5. To give birth to; to be the native place of; as, a pond breeds fish; a northern country breeds a race of stout men. 6. To educate; to instruct; to form by education; often, but unnecessarily, followed by up; as, to breed a son to an occupation; a man bred at a university. To breed up is vulgar. 7. To bring up; to nurse and foster; to take care of in infancy, and through the age of youth; to provide for, train and conduct; to instruct the mind and form the manners in youth.To bring thee forth with pain, with care to breed.BREED, v.i. To produce, as a fetus; to bear and nourish, as in pregnancy; as, a female breeds with pain. 1. To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated, or to grow, as young before birth; as,children or young breed in the matrix.2. To have birth; to be produced; as, fish breed in rivers.3. To be increased by a new production.But could youth last and love still breed.4. To raise a breed; as, to choose the best species of swine to breed from.BREED, n. A race or progeny from the same parents or stock. 1. A cast; a kind; a race of men or other animals, which have an alliance by nativity, or some distinctive qualities in common; as a breed of men in a particular country; a breed of horses or sheep. Applied to men, it is not elegant. We use race.2. Progeny; offspring; applied to other things than animals.3. A number produced at once, a hatch; a brood; but for this, brood is generally used. |
BREED, n.- A race or progeny from the same parents or stock.
- A cast; a kind; a race of men or other animals, which have an alliance by nativity, or some distinctive qualities in common; as, a breed of men in a particular country; a breed of horses or sheep. Applied to men, it is not elegant. We use race.
- Progeny; offspring: applied to other things than animals. – Shak.
- A number produced at once; a hatch; a brood; but for this, brood is generally used. – Grew.
BREED, v.i.- To produce, as a fetus; to bear and nourish, as in pregnancy; as a female breeds with pain.
- To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated, or to grow, as young before birth; as, children or young breed in the matrix.
- To have birth; to be produced; as, fish breed in rivers.
- To be increased by a new production.
But could youth last, and love still breed. – Ralegh.
- To raise a breed; as, to choose the best species of swine to breed from.
BREED, v.t. [pret. and pp. bred. Sax. bredan, brædan, to warm, to dilate, to open, to spread; D. broeden, to brood; Ger. brüten, to brood; Dan. breder, to spread, dilate, unfold; W. brwd, warm; brydiaw, to warm, to heat. Class Rd. See Broad.]- To generate; to engender; to hatch; to produce the young of any species of animals. I think it is never used of plants, and in animals is always applied to the mother or dam.
- To produce within or upon the body; as, to breed teeth; to breed worms.
- To cause; to occasion; to produce; to originate.
Intemperance and lust breed infirmities. – Tillotson.
Ambition breeds factions. – Anon.
- To contrive; to hatch; to produce by plotting.
Had he a heart and a brain to breed it in? – Shak.
- To give birth to; to be the native place of; as, a pond breeds fish; a northern country breeds a race of stout men.
- To educate; to instruct; to form by education; often, but unnecessarily, followed by up; as to breed a son to an occupation; a man bred at a university. To breed up is vulgar.
- To bring up; to nurse and foster; to take care of in infancy, and through the age of youth; to provide for, train and conduct; to instruct the mind and form the manners in youth.
To bring thee forth with pain, with care to breed. – Dryden.
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Breed
- To produce as offspring; to bring forth; to bear;
to procreate; to generate; to beget; to hatch.
- To bear
and nourish young; to reproduce or multiply itself; to be
pregnant.
- A race or
variety of men or other animals (or of plants), perpetuating its special or
distinctive characteristics by inheritance.
- To take care of in infancy, and through the age
of youth; to bring up; to nurse and foster.
- To be formed in the parent or dam; to be
generated, or to grow, as young before birth.
- Class; sort; kind; -- of men, things, or
qualities.
- To educate; to instruct; to form by education;
to train; -- sometimes followed by up.
- To have birth; to be produced or
multiplied.
- A number produced at once; a brood.
- To engender; to cause; to occasion; to
originate; to produce; as, to breed a storm; to breed
disease.
- To raise a breed; to get progeny.
- To give birth to; to be the native place of; as,
a pond breeds fish; a northern country breeds stout
men.
- To raise, as any kind of stock.
- To produce or obtain by any natural
process.
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Breed BREED, verb transitive preterit tense and participle passive bred. 1. To generate; to engender; to hatch; to produce the young of any species of animals. I think it is never used of plants, and in animals is always applied to the mother or dam. 2. To produce within or upon the body; as, to breed teeth; to breed worms. 3. To cause; to occasion; to produce; to originate. Intemperance and lust breed infirmities. Ambition breeds factions. 4. To contrive; to hatch; to produce by plotting. Had he a heart and a brain to breed it in? 5. To give birth to; to be the native place of; as, a pond breeds fish; a northern country breeds a race of stout men. 6. To educate; to instruct; to form by education; often, but unnecessarily, followed by up; as, to breed a son to an occupation; a man bred at a university. To breed up is vulgar. 7. To bring up; to nurse and foster; to take care of in infancy, and through the age of youth; to provide for, train and conduct; to instruct the mind and form the manners in youth. To bring thee forth with pain, with care to breed BREED, verb intransitive To produce, as a fetus; to bear and nourish, as in pregnancy; as, a female breeds with pain. 1. To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated, or to grow, as young before birth; as, children or young breed in the matrix. 2. To have birth; to be produced; as, fish breed in rivers. 3. To be increased by a new production. But could youth last and love still breed 4. To raise a breed; as, to choose the best species of swine to breed from. BREED, noun A race or progeny from the same parents or stock. 1. A cast; a kind; a race of men or other animals, which have an alliance by nativity, or some distinctive qualities in common; as a breed of men in a particular country; a breed of horses or sheep. Applied to men, it is not elegant. We use race. 2. Progeny; offspring; applied to other things than animals. 3. A number produced at once, a hatch; a brood; but for this, brood is generally used. |
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