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breed
verb (REPRODUCE) /briːd/ (bred, bred)Definition
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B2 [T] to keep animals for the purpose of producing young animals in a controlled way: Terriers are bred for their fighting instincts. His main income comes from breeding cattle. → See also inbred, purebred, thoroughbred, well bredBreeds and breedingAnimal reproduction › [I] (of animals) to have sex and produce young animals: The blackbird, like most birds, breeds in the spring.Animal reproduction
(Definition of breed verb (REPRODUCE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- egg noun (REPRODUCTION)
- embryo noun
- embryology noun
- estrogen noun
- fecund adjective
- fetus noun
- foal verb
- infertile adjective
- inseminate verb
- lamb verb
- lay verb (PRODUCE EGGS)
- ova
- ovulation noun
- parthenogenesis noun
- reproduction noun (PRODUCING YOUNG)
- rut noun (SEXUALLY ACTIVE PERIOD)
- spawning ground noun
- spermatozoon noun
- sterility noun
- viviparous adjective
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