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English noun: breed | |||
| 1. | breed (group) a special variety of domesticated animals within a species | ||
| Samples | He experimented on a particular breed of white rats. He created a new strain of sheep. | ||
| Synonyms | stock, strain | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | animal group, variety | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bloodstock, pedigree | ||
| Member meronym | species | ||
| 2. | breed (cognition) a special type | ||
| Samples | Google represents a new breed of entrepreneurs. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | type | ||
English verb: breed | |||
| 1. | breed (creation) call forth | ||
| Synonyms | engender, spawn | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cause, do, make | ||
| 2. | breed (contact) copulate with a female, used especially of horses | ||
| Samples | The horse covers the mare. | ||
| Synonyms | cover | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | copulate, couple, mate, pair | ||
| Verb group | brood, cover, hatch, incubate | ||
| Domain category | animal husbandry | ||
| 3. | breed (contact) cause to procreate (animals) | ||
| Samples | She breeds dogs. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | create, make, produce | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cross, crossbreed, hybridise, hybridize, interbreed, mongrelise, mongrelize | ||
| 4. | breed (body) have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms) | ||
| Samples | Pandas rarely breed in captivity. These bacteria reproduce. | ||
| Synonyms | multiply | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | multiply, procreate, reproduce | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | pullulate | ||
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