Definition of breed

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Breed (v. i.) To raise a breed; to get progeny.

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Upbreed :: Upbreed (v. t.) To rear, or bring up; to nurse..
Tumbler :: Tumbler (n.) A breed of dogs that tumble when pursuing game. They were formerly used in hunting rabbits.
Crossbreed :: Crossbreed (n.) A breed or an animal produced from parents of different breeds; a new variety, as of plants, combining the qualities of two parent varieties or stocks..
Grade :: Grade (n.) The result of crossing a native stock with some better breed. If the crossbreed have more than three fourths of the better blood, it is called high grade..
Cheviot :: Cheviot (n.) A valuable breed of mountain sheep in Scotland, which takes its name from the Cheviot hills..
Brahma :: Brahma (n.) A valuable variety of large, domestic fowl, peculiar in having the comb divided lengthwise into three parts, and the legs well feathered. There are two breeds, the dark or penciled, and the light; -- called also Brahmapootra..
Impertinent :: Impertinent (a.) Contrary to, or offending against, the rules of propriety or good breeding; guilty of, or prone to, rude, unbecoming, or uncivil words or actions; as, an impertient coxcomb; an impertient remark..
Merino :: Merino (n.) A breed of sheep originally from Spain, noted for the fineness of its wool..
Tupman :: Tupman (n.) A man who breeds, or deals in tups..
Womb :: Womb (v. t.) To inclose in a womb, or as in a womb; to breed or hold in secret..
Breeder :: Breeder (n.) One who, or that which, breeds, produces, brings up, etc..
Hereford :: Hereford (n.) One of a breed of cattle originating in Herefordshire, England. The Herefords are good working animals, and their beef-producing quality is excellent..
Shetland Pony :: Shetland pony () One of a small, hardy breed of horses, with long mane and tail, which originated in the Shetland Islands; a sheltie..
Breed :: Breed (v. i.) To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated, or to grow, as young before birth..
Dysgenesic :: Dysgenesic (a.) Not procreating or breeding freely; as, one race may be dysgenesic with respect to another..
Breeding :: Breeding (n.) The raising or improving of any kind of domestic animals; as, farmers should pay attention to breeding..
Blood :: Blood (n.) Descent from parents of recognized breed; excellence or purity of breed.
Inbreeding :: Inbreeding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inbree.
Pointer :: Pointer (n.) One of a breed of dogs trained to stop at scent of game, and with the nose point it out to sportsmen..
Mongrel :: Mongrel (n.) The progeny resulting from a cross between two breeds, as of domestic animals; anything of mixed breed..
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