Meaning of "breed" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BREED

Old English brēdan, of Germanic origin; related to brood.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF BREED

breed  [briːd]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BREED

Breed is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb breed in English.

WHAT DOES BREED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Breed

A breed is a specific group of domestic animals or plants having homogeneous appearance, homogeneous behavior, or other characteristics that distinguish it from other animals or plants of the same species and that were arrived at through selective breeding. Despite the centrality of the idea of "breeds" to animal husbandry, no scientifically accepted definition of the term exists. A breed is therefore not an objective or biologically verifiable classification but is instead a term of art amongst groups of breeders who share a consensus around what qualities make some members of a given species members of a nameable subset. The term is distinguished from landrace, which refers to a regional variety of domestic animal through relatively uncontrolled breeding. When bred together, animals of the same breed pass on these predictable traits to their offspring, and this ability—known as "breeding true"—is a requirement for a breed. Plant breeds are more commonly known as cultivars. The offspring produced as a result of breeding animals of one breed with other animals of another breed are known as crossbreeds or mixed breeds.

Definition of breed in the English dictionary

The first definition of breed in the dictionary is to bear. Other definition of breed is to bring up; raise. Breed is also to produce or cause to produce by mating; propagate.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BREED

PRESENT

Present

I breed

you breed

he/she/it breeds

we breed

you breed

they breed

Present continuous

I am breeding

you are breeding

he/she/it is breeding

we are breeding

you are breeding

they are breeding

Present perfect

I have bred

you have bred

he/she/it has bred

we have bred

you have bred

they have bred

Present perfect continuous

I have been breeding

you have been breeding

he/she/it has been breeding

we have been breeding

you have been breeding

they have been breeding

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I bred

you bred

he/she/it bred

we bred

you bred

they bred

Past continuous

I was breeding

you were breeding

he/she/it was breeding

we were breeding

you were breeding

they were breeding

Past perfect

I had bred

you had bred

he/she/it had bred

we had bred

you had bred

they had bred

Past perfect continuous

I had been breeding

you had been breeding

he/she/it had been breeding

we had been breeding

you had been breeding

they had been breeding

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will breed

you will breed

he/she/it will breed

we will breed

you will breed

they will breed

Future continuous

I will be breeding

you will be breeding

he/she/it will be breeding

we will be breeding

you will be breeding

they will be breeding

Future perfect

I will have bred

you will have bred

he/she/it will have bred

we will have bred

you will have bred

they will have bred

Future perfect continuous

I will have been breeding

you will have been breeding

he/she/it will have been breeding

we will have been breeding

you will have been breeding

they will have been breeding

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would breed

you would breed

he/she/it would breed

we would breed

you would breed

they would breed

Conditional continuous

I would be breeding

you would be breeding

he/she/it would be breeding

we would be breeding

you would be breeding

they would be breeding

Conditional perfect

I would have breed

you would have breed

he/she/it would have breed

we would have breed

you would have breed

they would have breed

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been breeding

you would have been breeding

he/she/it would have been breeding

we would have been breeding

you would have been breeding

they would have been breeding

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you breed
we let´s breed
you breed

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to breed

Past participle

bred

Present Participle

breeding

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «BREED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «breed» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of breed

arouse · brand · bring about · bring up · calibre · cause · class · create · develop · engender · extraction · family · farm · generate · genre · give rise to · hatch · ilk · keep · kind · line · lineage · look after · maintain · multiply · nourish · nurture · occasion · order · originate · pedigree · procreate · produce · propagate · race · raise · rear · reproduce · sort · species · stamp · stir up · stock · strain · tend · type · variety

TRANSLATION OF BREED

Find out the translation of breed to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of breed from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «breed» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 品种
• Translator English - Spanish: raza
• English: breed
• Translator English - Hindi: नस्ल
• Translator English - Arabic: نَسْل
• Translator English - Russian: порода
• Translator English - Portuguese: raça
• Translator English - Bengali: শাবক
• Translator English - French: race
• Translator English - Malay: Baka
• Translator English - German: Rasse
• Translator English - Japanese: 品種
• Translator English - Korean: 품종
• Translator English - Javanese: Jenis
• Translator English - Vietnamese: giống
• Translator English - Tamil: இனப்பெருக்கம்
• Translator English - Marathi: जातीच्या
• Translator English - Turkish: doğurmak
• Translator English - Italian: razza
• Translator English - Polish: rasa
• Translator English - Ukrainian: порода
• Translator English - Romanian: rasă
• Translator English - Greek: ράτσα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: broei
• Translator English - Swedish: ras
• Translator English - Norwegian: rase

10 QUOTES WITH «BREED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word breed.

1

Scott Adsit

What crushed my soul was hanging out with bitter, desperate comics backstage. They're a different breed than the bitter yet eager psyches in the wings of an improv theatre. Struggling stand-ups have externalized self-loathing into an art form. They're a hunching, quaking, unshaven lot.

2

Kylie Bax

My aim and my passion is to own and breed race horses.

3

Hans Blix

Look at the Palestinians with the huge, huge percentage of unemployed. What does that breed? Anyone who's unemployed in the world, you feel there's no meaning and there's a risk that you drift over to something desperate. Yes, we have to tackle the social problems as well.

4

Charisma Carpenter

I'm a mixed breed and hope to live longer because of it.

5

Kerry Condon

I'm used to riding horses. My father used to breed horses when I was a child. I grew up in Tipperary, in the country, and lots of people have horses there.

6

Kerry Condon

I'm used to riding horses. My father used to breed horses when I was a child. I grew up in Tipperary, in the country, and lots of people have horses there. If my parents hadn't been in the business, we would have them anyway, as pets. And my cousin Richard is a jockey.

7

Jimmy Connors

Bjorn was a different breed, I threw my best material at him, but he would never smile, but that added to the charm when he played me and Mac. We were going nuts and losing our mind and he was sitting back like he was on a Sunday stroll.

8

Anna Julia Cooper

If our vaunted rule of the people does not breed nobler men and women than monarchies have done it must and will inevitably give place to something better.

9

Anton Corbijn

I have such a love of good music that I find even melancholic music uplifting. Maybe I'm a rare breed.

10

Phil Crosby

Successful people breed success.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BREED»

Discover the use of breed in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to breed and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Breed: A Novel

Critically celebrated novelist Scott Spencer delivers a Rosemary's Baby-like novel of gothic horror, set against the backdrop of modern-day Upper East Side Manhattan.

Chase Novak, 2012

With the Old Breed, at Peleliu and Okinawa

Based on notes he kept on slips of paper tucked secretly away in his Bible, Eugene Sledge has written a devastingly powerful memoir of his experience fighting in the South Pacific during WWII.

Eugene Bondurant Sledge, 1981

A New Breed Satellite Terrorism

You won't be able to stop reading once you pick up Dr. John Hall's terrifying account, A New Breed: Satellite Terrorism in America.

John Hall, 2009

Last of the Breed

“For sheer adventure L’Amour is in top form.”—Kirkus Reviews Here is the kind of authentically detailed epic novel that has become Louis L’Amour’s hallmark.

Louis L'Amour, 2005

With the Old Breed

The inspiration behind the HBO series THE PACIFIC This was a brutish, primitive hatred, as characteristic of the horror of war in the Pacific as the palm trees and the islandsa Landing on the beach at Peleliu in 1944 as twenty-year-old new ...

E. B. Sledge, 2011

The Complete Dog Breed Book

Fully illustrated and featuring over 400 of the world's best-loved breeds, this is the only breed guide you'll ever need.

DK, 2012

The New Breed: Understanding & Equipping the 21st-century ...

Adapt to the changing world of volunteer management.

Jonathan Ray McKee, Thomas W. McKee, 2008

A Breed Apart: A Journey to Redemption

Victor Woods enjoyed a distinctly privileged childhood. Born to an affluent Chicago family -- the son of a Fortune 500 executive and a dedicated schoolteacher -- Woods attended all the best schools, and was never in want for anything.

Victor Woods, 2007

Breed Predispositions to Disease in Dogs and Cats

New to this edition: Improved and expanded referencing to the primary literature, to aid further research Easier navigation helps you to find the information you need quickly Contains an extended directory of genetic test providers

Alex Gough, Alison Thomas, 2011

Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties: The Gardener's and ...

Authoritative and easy-to-understand, Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties: The Gardener's and Farmer's Guide to Plant Breeding and Seed Saving is the only guide to plant breeding and seed saving for the serious home gardener and the small ...

Carol Deppe, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BREED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term breed is used in the context of the following news items.

When hate crimes breed hope

When hate crimes breed hope. Amid a wave of high-profile racially motivated violence, there seems to be a growing trend of interfaith solidarity. «Haaretz, Jul 15»

New Breed Archery Pro-Shooter, Allen Conner, Takes First Place at …

No stranger to the winner's podium, Allen has consistently led the charge for the surging New Breed Archery Professional Shooting Team ... «AmmoLand Shooting Sports News, Jul 15»

Curious Mind: Pelicans Migrate from Calif. to Breed in Magic Valley

Curious Mind: Pelicans Migrate from Calif. to Breed in Magic Valley. See it in Print. Saved. Save Article; My Saved Items · Print Email. «. «Twin Falls Times-News, Jul 15»

A New Breed of BI: Self-Service Analytics That Your Business and IT …

Gone are the days when you could afford to rely on reports that took days or even weeks to build and required technical skill to create and understand. It's risky ... «CIO, Jul 15»

Researchers look to breed SRS-resistant salmon in Chile

A major problem in Chile's seafood sector is the Salmonid Rickettsial Septicaemia (SRS) as there are no effective vaccines against it. Diseased ... «IntraFish.com, Jul 15»

Dog rescuer fears new movie "Max" will send wrong idea about breed

While the flick is getting great reviews, a local woman who rescues this specific breed says she's worried the movie giving a false impression of ... «Live 5 News, Jul 15»

In the oil patch, challenges breed creativity and collaboration

Energy cochair and partner at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP. She has worked for clients with oil sands operations. There is considerable ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»

The Golf Channel's Michael Breed teaches area golfers at …

Michael Breed, golf instructor on The Golf Channel's The Golf Fix, brought his ... Breed's clinic to Huntingdon Valley CC members and OMEGA ... «Main Line, Jul 15»

Morning Scan: Greek Vote Fallout; Do Big Fines Breed Better Bank …

Receiving Wide Coverage ... What's Next for Greece: One day after Greeks voted overwhelmingly to reject the bailout terms offered by ... «American Banker, Jul 15»

How silence can breed prejudice: A child development professor …

I'm a white woman married to a black man. Several years ago a friend's 6-year-old son Jake met my husband for the first time. He looked at me ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»