breed
31breed — n. 1) a breed apart 2) a hardy; rare breed * * * [briːd] rare breed a hardy a breed apart …
32breed — {{11}}breed (n.) race, lineage, stock (originally of animals), 1550s, from BREED (Cf. breed) (v.). Of persons, from 1590s. Meaning kind, species is from 1580s. {{12}}breed (v.) O.E. bredan bring young to birth, carry, also cherish, keep warm,… …
33breed — 1. verb 1) elephants breed readily in captivity Syn: reproduce, produce/bear/generate offspring, procreate, multiply, propagate; mate 2) she was born and bred in the village Syn: bring up, rear, raise, nurture 3) …
34breed — 1. verb 1) elephants breed readily in captivity Syn: reproduce, produce offspring, procreate, multiply, mate 2) she was born and bred in the village Syn: bring up, rear, raise, nurture 3) …
35breed — [briːd] (past tense and past participle bred [bred] ) verb I 1) [I] if animals breed, they become the parents of young animals 2) [T] to produce new plants or animals from existing ones 3) [T] to make bad feelings or situations develop Secrecy… …
36breed — I. verb (bred; breeding) Etymology: Middle English breden, from Old English brēdan; akin to Old English brōd brood Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation 2. a. beget 1 …
37Breed — This ancient and unusual surname has nothing whatsoever to do with its appearance. It is Olde English pre 7th century in origin, and derives from the word braedu , which describes a wide expanse of land, as in the place name Brede in Sussex. Its… …
38breed — [[t]brid[/t]] v. bred, breed•ing, n. 1) ahb. to produce (offspring); procreate 2) ahb. to produce by mating; propagate sexually; reproduce 3) bot to cause (plants or animals) to reproduce and usu. to be improved by selection 4) to give rise to;… …
39breed — Synonyms and related words: accrue, accumulate, advance, affiliation, animal kingdom, apparentation, appear, appreciate, apprentice, arise, author, balloon, be gravid, be knocked up, be pregnant, be with child, bear, beget, birth, bloat, blood,… …
40breed — [OE] The Old English verb brēdan came from West Germanic *brōdjan, a derivative of *brōd , which produced brood. This in turn was based on *brō , whose ultimate source was the Indo European base *bhrē ‘burn, heat’ (its other English descendants… …
