Definition of breed

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Breed (n.) A race or variety of men or other animals (or of plants), perpetuating its special or distinctive characteristics by inheritance..

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Gentility :: Gentility (n.) The quality or qualities appropriate to those who are well born, as self-respect, dignity, courage, courtesy, politeness of manner, a graceful and easy mien and behavior, etc.; good breeding..
Pair :: Pair (v. i.) To be joined in paris; to couple; to mate, as for breeding..
Migrate :: Migrate (v. i.) To pass periodically from one region or climate to another for feeding or breeding; -- said of certain birds, fishes, and quadrupeds..
Generation :: Generation (n.) Race; kind; family; breed; stock.
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..
Fashion :: Fashion (n.) Polite, fashionable, or genteel life; social position; good breeding; as, men of fashion..
Vermiparous :: Vermiparous (a.) Producing or breeding worms.
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..
Overbreed :: Overbreed (v. t.) To breed to excess.
Inbreeding :: Inbreeding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inbree.
Poodle :: Poodle (n.) A breed of dogs having curly hair, and often showing remarkable intelligence in the performance of tricks..
In And An :: In and an (a. & adv.) Applied to breeding from a male and female of the same parentage. See under Breeding.
Breeding :: Breeding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bree.
Breeding :: Breeding (n.) The act or process of generating or bearing.
Fellow :: Fellow (n.) A man without good breeding or worth; an ignoble or mean man.
Rookery :: Rookery (n.) A breeding place of other gregarious birds, as of herons, penguins, etc..
Womb :: Womb (v. t.) To inclose in a womb, or as in a womb; to breed or hold in secret..
Zebu :: Zebu (n.) A bovine mammal (Ros Indicus) extensively domesticated in India, China, the East Indies, and East Africa. It usually has short horns, large pendulous ears, slender legs, a large dewlap, and a large, prominent hump over the shoulders; but these characters vary in different domestic breeds, which range in size from that of the common ox to that of a large mastiff..
Studding :: Studdery (n.) A stud, or collection of breeding horses and mares; also, a place for keeping a stud..
Inbreed :: Inbreed (v. t.) To produce or generate within.
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