| VERB | creation | breed, engender, spawn | call forth |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact | breed, cover | copulate with a female, used especially of horses | |
| contact | breed | cause to procreate (animals) | |
| body | breed, multiply | have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms) | |
| NOUN | group | breed, strain, stock | a special variety of domesticated animals within a species |
| cognition | breed | a special type |
| Sounds | briy'd | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | able-bodied ... worried: 105 rhymes with iyd... | |
| Meaning | A special variety of domesticated animals within a species. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats" | |
| Synonyms | strain, stock | |
| Member of | species | (biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed |
| Narrower | bloodstock | thoroughbred horses (collectively) |
| pedigree | line of descent of a purebred animal | |
| Broader | animal group | A group of animals |
| variety | (biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics / characteristics | |
| Spanish | raza, variedad | |
| Catalan | raça | |
| Verbs | breed | have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms) |
| breed | cause to procreate (animals) | |
| Meaning | A special type. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "Google represents a new breed of entrepreneurs" | |
| Broader | type | A subdivision of a particular kind of thing |
| Meaning | Call forth. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | engender, spawn | |
| Broader | cause, do, make | give rise to |
| Spanish | engendrar, generar, procrear | |
| Catalan | engendrar | |
| Meaning | copulate with a female, used especially of horses. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonym | cover | |
| Category | animal husbandry | Breeding and caring for farm animals |
| Broader | copulate, mate, pair, couple | Engage in sexual intercourse |
| Similar to | brood, hatch, cover, incubate | Sit on (eggs) |
| Spanish | criar, cubrir | |
| Meaning | Cause to procreate (animals). | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "She breeds dogs" | |
| Narrower | crossbreed, cross, hybridize, hybridise, interbreed | Breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties |
| mongrelize, mongrelise | Cause to become a mongrel | |
| Broader | produce, make, create | create or manufacture a man-made product |
| Spanish | criar | |
| Catalan | criar | |
| Nouns | breed | a special variety of domesticated animals within a species |
| breeder | a person who breeds animals | |
| breeding | the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization | |
| Meaning | have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms). | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "pandas rarely breed in captivity" | |
| Synonym | multiply | |
| Narrower | pullulate | Breed freely and abundantly |
| Broader | reproduce, procreate, multiply | have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant |
| Spanish | criar, multiplicarse, multiplicar | |
| Catalan | augmentar, criar, engendrar, multiplicar-se, multiplicar | |
| Nouns | breed | a special variety of domesticated animals within a species |
| breeding | the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring | |
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