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Detailed Synonyms for breed in English

breed:

to breed verbe (breeds, bred, breeding)

  1. to breed
    to breed; to cultivate; to raise; to rear
    • breed verbe (breeds, bred, breeding)
    • cultivate verbe (cultivates, cultivated, cultivating)
    • raise verbe (raises, raised, raising)
    • rear verbe (rears, reared, rearing)
  2. to breed
    to cultivate; to breed; to clone
    • cultivate verbe (cultivates, cultivated, cultivating)
    • breed verbe (breeds, bred, breeding)
    • clone verbe (clones, cloned, cloning)
  3. to breed
    – have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms) 1
    to breed; to multiply
    – have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms) 1
    • breed verbe (breeds, bred, breeding)
      • pandas rarely breed in captivity1
    • multiply verbe (multiplies, multiplied, multiplying)
  4. to breed
    – cause to procreate (animals) 1
    to breed
    – cause to procreate (animals) 1
    • breed verbe (breeds, bred, breeding)
      • She breeds dogs1
  5. to breed
    – copulate with a female, used especially of horses 1
    to cover; to breed
    – copulate with a female, used especially of horses 1
    • cover verbe (covers, covered, covering)
      • The horse covers the mare1
    • breed verbe (breeds, bred, breeding)
  6. to breed
    – call forth 1
    to breed; to spawn; engender
    – call forth 1
    • breed verbe (breeds, bred, breeding)
    • spawn verbe (spawns, spawned, spawning)
    • engender verbe

Conjugations for breed:

present
  1. breed
  2. breed
  3. breeds
  4. breed
  5. breed
  6. breed
simple past
  1. bred
  2. bred
  3. bred
  4. bred
  5. bred
  6. bred
present perfect
  1. have bred
  2. have bred
  3. has bred
  4. have bred
  5. have bred
  6. have bred
past continuous
  1. was breeding
  2. were breeding
  3. was breeding
  4. were breeding
  5. were breeding
  6. were breeding
future
  1. shall breed
  2. will breed
  3. will breed
  4. shall breed
  5. will breed
  6. will breed
continuous present
  1. am breeding
  2. are breeding
  3. is breeding
  4. are breeding
  5. are breeding
  6. are breeding
subjunctive
  1. be bred
  2. be bred
  3. be bred
  4. be bred
  5. be bred
  6. be bred
diverse
  1. breed!
  2. let's breed!
  3. bred
  4. breeding
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

breed [the ~] nom

  1. the breed
    – a special type 1
    the breed
    – a special type 1
    • breed [the ~] nom
      • Google represents a new breed of entrepreneurs1
  2. the breed
    – a special variety of domesticated animals within a species 1
    the stock; the strain; the breed
    – a special variety of domesticated animals within a species 1
    • stock [the ~] nom
    • strain [the ~] nom
      • he created a new strain of sheep1
    • breed [the ~] nom
      • he experimented on a particular breed of white rats1

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Alternate Synonyms for "breed":


Related Definitions for "breed":

  1. a special type1
    • Google represents a new breed of entrepreneurs1
  2. a special variety of domesticated animals within a species1
    • he experimented on a particular breed of white rats1
  3. have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms)1
    • pandas rarely breed in captivity1
  4. cause to procreate (animals)1
    • She breeds dogs1
  5. copulate with a female, used especially of horses1
  6. call forth1

Related Synonyms for breed