A breed is a specific group of breedable domestic animals having homogeneous appearance (phenotype), homogeneous behavior, and/or other characteristics that distinguish it from other organisms of the same species. A type of person or thing The meaning of breed is to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation
How to use breed in a sentence. A type of dog, sheep, pig, etc Idiom a dying breed (definition of breed from the cambridge advanced learner's dictionary & thesaurus © cambridge university press)
To produce young animals, birds, etc To produce offspring by sexual reproduction To produce or reproduce by giving birth or hatching To raise animals or plants, often to produce new or improved types
Breed a new type of corn. Discover everything about the word breed in english There are 14 meanings listed in oed's entry for the word breed, three of which are labelled obsolete, and two of which are considered offensive See ‘meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
If you breed animals or plants, you keep them for the purpose of producing more animals or plants with particular qualities, in a controlled way He lived alone, breeding horses and dogs He used to breed dogs for the police.
