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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True-bred :: True-bred (a.) Being of real breeding or education; as, a true-bred gentleman..
Etiquette :: Etiquette (n.) The forms required by good breeding, or prescribed by authority, to be observed in social or official life; observance of the proprieties of rank and occasion; conventional decorum; ceremonial code of polite society..
Thoroughbred :: Thoroughbred (a.) Bred from the best blood through a long line; pure-blooded; -- said of stock, as horses. Hence, having the characteristics of such breeding; mettlesome; courageous; of elegant form, or the like..
Mongrel :: Mongrel (n.) The progeny resulting from a cross between two breeds, as of domestic animals; anything of mixed breed..
Rookery :: Rookery (n.) The breeding ground of seals, esp. of the fur seals..
Brood :: Brood (a.) Kept for breeding from; as, a brood mare; brood stock; having young; as, a brood sow..
Ungentle :: Ungentle (a.) Not gentle; lacking good breeding or delicacy; harsh.
Harrier :: Harrier (n.) One of a small breed of hounds, used for hunting hares..
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) That which is bred or produced; breed; species.
Foxhound :: Foxhound (n.) One of a special breed of hounds used for chasing foxes.
Mongrel :: Mongrel (a.) Not of a pure breed.
Breedbate :: Breedbate (n.) One who breeds or originates quarrels.
Subbronchial :: Subbreed (n.) A race or strain differing in certain characters from the parent breed; an incipient breed.
Alderney :: Alderney (n.) One of a breed of cattle raised in Alderney, one of the Channel Islands. Alderneys are of a dun or tawny color and are often called Jersey cattle. See Jersey, 3..
Rear :: Rear (v. t.) To breed and raise; as, to rear cattle..
Pregnant :: Pregnant (a.) Being with young, as a female; having conceived; great with young; breeding; teeming; gravid; preparing to bring forth..
Mastiff :: Mastiff (n.) A breed of large dogs noted for strength and courage. There are various strains, differing in form and color, and characteristic of different countries..
Struggled :: Strude (n.) A stock of breeding mares.
Dissentious :: Dissentious (a.) Marked by dissensions; apt to breed discord; quarrelsome; contentious; factious.
Breed :: Breed (n.) A number produced at once; a brood.
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