Definition of breed

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Breed (v. t.) To take care of in infancy, and through the age of youth; to bring up; to nurse and foster..

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Foxhound :: Foxhound (n.) One of a special breed of hounds used for chasing foxes.
Incivility :: Incivility (n.) Any act of rudeness or ill breeding.
Breed :: Breed (n.) A race or variety of men or other animals (or of plants), perpetuating its special or distinctive characteristics by inheritance..
Strenger :: Strene (n.) Race; offspring; stock; breed; strain.
Lurcher :: Lurcher (n.) One of a mongrel breed of dogs said to have been a cross between the sheep dog, greyhound, and spaniel. It hunts game silently, by scent, and is often used by poachers..
Setter :: Setter (n.) A hunting dog of a special breed originally derived from a cross between the spaniel and the pointer. Modern setters are usually trained to indicate the position of game birds by standing in a fixed position, but originally they indicated it by sitting or crouching..
Excellent :: Excellent (a.) Excelling; surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense; superior; as, an excellent man, artist, citizen, husband, discourse, book, song, etc.; excellent breeding, principles, aims, action..
Shorthorn :: Shorthorn (a.) One of a breed of large, heavy domestic cattle having short horns. The breed was developed in England..
Deerhound :: Deerhound (n.) One of a large and fleet breed of hounds used in hunting deer; a staghound.
Fashion :: Fashion (n.) Polite, fashionable, or genteel life; social position; good breeding; as, men of fashion..
True-bred :: True-bred (a.) Being of real breeding or education; as, a true-bred gentleman..
Tumbler :: Tumbler (n.) A breed of dogs that tumble when pursuing game. They were formerly used in hunting rabbits.
Cross :: Cross (v. t.) To cause to interbreed; -- said of different stocks or races; to mix the breed of.
Hellkite :: Hellkite (n.) A kite of infernal breed.
Ayrshire :: Ayrshire (n.) One of a superior breed of cattle from Ayrshire, Scotland. Ayrshires are notable for the quantity and quality of their milk..
Rookery :: Rookery (n.) The breeding place of a colony of rooks; also, the birds themselves..
Vermination :: Vermination (n.) The generation or breeding of vermin.
Breeding :: Breeding (n.) Deportment or behavior in the external offices and decorums of social life; manners; knowledge of, or training in, the ceremonies, or polite observances of society..
Verminate :: Verminate (v. i.) To breed vermin.
Genteel :: Genteel (a.) Possessing or exhibiting the qualities popularly regarded as belonging to high birth and breeding; free from vulgarity, or lowness of taste or behavior; adapted to a refined or cultivated taste; polite; well-bred; as, genteel company, manners, address..
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