Antonyms for breed
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : breed |
| Phonetic Transcription : brid |
Definition of breed
Origin :- Old English bredan "bring young to birth, carry," also "cherish, keep warm," from West Germanic *brodjan (cf. Old High German bruoten, German brüten "to brood, hatch"), from *brod- "fetus, hatchling," from PIE *bhreue- "burn, heat" (see brood (n.)). Original notion of the word was incubation, warming to hatch. Sense of "grow up, be reared" (in a clan, etc.) is late 14c. Related: Bred; breeding.
- noun kind, class
- verb generate, bring into being
- verb raise, nurture
- Of this breed there are supposed to be about three millions in our Southern provinces.
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1. No. 20, August 13, 1870 » by Various
- They are, in short, "We the people," this breed called Americans.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- The silkworm-rearers are now taught to breed from healthy moths only.
- Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- Daniel Claus had set up a pack of hounds, equal in breed to Sir William's.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- The swan is said to breed wild now no further away than the North of Sweden.
- Extract from : « Beowulf » by Unknown
- "I never liked the breed, any way you look at 'em," Baumberger stated calmly.
- Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
- A very good thing, at least, for the country, to improve the breed of cattle.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- The mere presence of game does not breed in him a lust to slaughter something.
- Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
- The result was, the introduction into Scotland of the celebrated Cheviot breed.
- Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
- Unhappily, there are too many of your breed in that part already.
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
Synonyms for breed
- bear
- beget
- brand
- bring about
- bring forth
- bring up
- cause
- character
- create
- cultivate
- deliver
- develop
- discipline
- educate
- engender
- extraction
- family
- feather
- foster
- genus
- give birth to
- give rise to
- hatch
- ilk
- impregnate
- induce
- instruct
- likes
- line
- lineage
- lot
- make
- multiply
- nature
- nourish
- number
- originate
- pedigree
- procreate
- produce
- progenerate
- progeny
- propagate
- race
- rear
- reproduce
- sort
- species
- stamp
- stock
- strain
- stripe
- type
- variety
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