Definition of breed

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Breed (n.) A number produced at once; a brood.

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Breed :: Breed (v. i.) To have birth; to be produced or multiplied.
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..
Dissentious :: Dissentious (a.) Marked by dissensions; apt to breed discord; quarrelsome; contentious; factious.
Gentry :: Gentry (a.) People of education and good breeding; in England, in a restricted sense, those between the nobility and the yeomanry..
Dandie :: Dandie (n.) One of a breed of small terriers; -- called also Dandie Dinmont.
Breed :: Breed (v. i.) To bear and nourish young; to reproduce or multiply itself; to be pregnant.
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..
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..
Pisciculturist :: Pisciculturist (n.) One who breeds fish.
Dovecote :: Dovecote (n.) A small house or box, raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments, in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house..
Vermination :: Vermination (n.) The generation or breeding of vermin.
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..
Inviscerate :: Inviscerate (v. t.) To breed; to nourish.
Strenger :: Strene (n.) Race; offspring; stock; breed; strain.
Crossbreed :: Crossbreed (n.) Anything partaking of the natures of two different things; a hybrid.
Collie :: Collie (n.) The Scotch shepherd dog. There are two breeds, the rough-haired and smooth-haired. It is remarkable for its intelligence, displayed especially in caring for flocks..
Scrub :: Scrub (n.) One of the common live stock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, esp. when inferior in size, etc..
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..
Breeding :: Breeding (n.) The act or process of generating or bearing.
Aurelian :: Aurelian (n.) An amateur collector and breeder of insects, esp. of butterflies and moths; a lepidopterist..
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