Definition of breed

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Breed (v. t.) To educate; to instruct; to form by education; to train; -- sometimes followed by up.

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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..
Heronry :: Heronry (n.) A place where herons breed.
Devon :: Devon (n.) One of a breed of hardy cattle originating in the country of Devon, England. Those of pure blood have a deep red color. The small, longhorned variety, called North Devons, is distinguished by the superiority of its working oxen..
Nidus :: Nidus (n.) A nest: a repository for the eggs of birds, insects, etc.; a breeding place; esp., the place or substance where parasites or the germs of a disease effect lodgment or are developed..
Stallmen :: Stallion (n.) A male horse not castrated; a male horse kept for breeding.
Dissentious :: Dissentious (a.) Marked by dissensions; apt to breed discord; quarrelsome; contentious; factious.
Indecorous :: Indecorous (a.) Not decorous; violating good manners; contrary to good breeding or etiquette; unbecoming; improper; out of place; as, indecorous conduct..
Pug :: Pug (n.) One of a small breed of pet dogs having a short nose and head; a pug dog.
Tumbler :: Tumbler (n.) A breed of dogs that tumble when pursuing game. They were formerly used in hunting rabbits.
Propagate :: Propagate (v. t.) To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production; -- applied to animals and plants; as, to propagate a breed of horses or sheep; to propagate a species of fruit tree..
Hound :: Hound (n.) A variety of the domestic dog, usually having large, drooping ears, esp. one which hunts game by scent, as the foxhound, bloodhound, deerhound, but also used for various breeds of fleet hunting dogs, as the greyhound, boarhound, etc..
Punch :: Punch (n.) One of a breed of large, heavy draught horses; as, the Suffolk punch..
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..
Half-bred :: Half-bred (a.) Imperfectly acquainted with the rules of good-breeding; not well trained.
Native :: Native (n.) Any of the live stock found in a region, as distinguished from such as belong to pure and distinct imported breeds..
Fancier :: Fancier (n.) One who fancies or has a special liking for, or interest in, a particular object or class or objects; hence, one who breeds and keeps for sale birds and animals; as, bird fancier, dog fancier, etc..
Inviscerate :: Inviscerate (v. t.) To breed; to nourish.
Retriever :: Retriever (n.) A dor, or a breed of dogs, chiefly employed to retrieve, or to find and recover game birds that have been killed or wounded..
Tupman :: Tupman (n.) A man who breeds, or deals in tups..
Cockmaster :: Cockmaster (n.) One who breeds gamecocks.
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