Definition of breed

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Breed (v. t.) To engender; to cause; to occasion; to originate; to produce; as, to breed a storm; to breed disease..

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Terrier :: Terrier (n.) One of a breed of small dogs, which includes several distinct subbreeds, some of which, such as the Skye terrier and Yorkshire terrier, have long hair and drooping ears, while others, at the English and the black-and-tan terriers, have short, close, smooth hair and upright ears..
Gentry :: Gentry (a.) People of education and good breeding; in England, in a restricted sense, those between the nobility and the yeomanry..
Dysgenesis :: Dysgenesis (n.) A condition of not generating or breeding freely; infertility; a form homogenesis in which the hybrids are sterile among themselves, but are fertile with members of either parent race..
Verminous :: Verminous (a.) Tending to breed vermin; infested by vermin.
Redfin :: Redfin (n.) A small North American dace (Minnilus cornutus, or Notropis megalops). The male, in the breeding season, has bright red fins. Called also red dace, and shiner. Applied also to Notropis ardens, of the Mississippi valley..
Breeding :: Breeding (n.) The raising or improving of any kind of domestic animals; as, farmers should pay attention to breeding..
Breed :: Breed (n.) A number produced at once; a brood.
Crossbred :: Crossbred (a.) Produced by mixing distinct breeds; mongrel.
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..
Race :: Race (n.) Company; herd; breed.
Breed :: Breed (v. i.) To bear and nourish young; to reproduce or multiply itself; to be pregnant.
Ungentle :: Ungentle (a.) Not gentle; lacking good breeding or delicacy; harsh.
Sheldrake :: Sheldrake (n.) Any one of several species of large Old World ducks of the genus Tadorna and allied genera, especially the European and Asiatic species. (T. cornuta, / tadorna), which somewhat resembles a goose in form and habit, but breeds in burrows..
Falconer :: Falconer (n.) A person who breeds or trains hawks for taking birds or game; one who follows the sport of fowling with hawks.
Generation :: Generation (n.) Race; kind; family; breed; stock.
Game Fowl :: Game fowl () A handsome breed of the common fowl, remarkable for the great courage and pugnacity of the males..
Warren :: Warren (n.) A piece of ground for the breeding of rabbits.
Breed :: Breed (n.) Class; sort; kind; -- of men, things, or qualities..
Imbreed :: Imbreed (v. t.) To generate within; to inbreed.
Water Spaniel :: Water spaniel () A curly-haired breed of spaniels, naturally very fond of the water..
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