breed
breed
bri:d
brid
/briːd/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "breed"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒā§āϰāϜāĻžāϤāĻŋ, āϧāϰāύ

a particular type of animal or plant that has typically been domesticated by people in a certain way
breed definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The Arabian horse breed is known for its elegant appearance and endurance.
āφāϰāĻŦā§€āϝāĻŧ āĻ˜ā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϜāĻžāϤāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻšā§‡āĻšāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻšāύāĻļā§€āϞāϤāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
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a category or type of something

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
This breed of car is designed for speed.
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āĻĒā§āϰāϜāύāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻžāύ āϜāĻ¨ā§āĻŽ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

(of an animal) to have sex and give birth to young
Intransitive
to breed definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Our dog recently bred with a neighbor's dog, and now we're expecting puppies.
āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϕ⧁āϕ⧁āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļā§€āϰ āϕ⧁āϕ⧁āϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϜāύāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ–āύ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϕ⧁āϕ⧁āϰāĻ›āĻžāύāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āφāĻļāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϜāύāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāύ⧋

to make animals produce offspring in a way that is suitable for human beings
Transitive: to breed animals
to breed definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The kennel selectively breeds Labrador Retrievers for their friendly temperament and intelligence.
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āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to produce or give rise to something, often by creating the conditions or circumstances that are necessary for its emergence or development
Transitive: to breed a condition oe emotion
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A supportive and inclusive work environment can breed creativity and collaboration among employees.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ• āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϏ⧃āϜāύāĻļā§€āϞāϤāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻšāϝ⧋āĻ—āĻŋāϤāĻž āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to develop a particular kind of animal or plant by choosing and mating specific ones to get certain qualities
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The lab is breeding mice for medical research.
āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ—āĻļāĻžāϞāĻž āϚāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋā§ŽāϏāĻž āĻ—āĻŦ⧇āώāĻŖāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āχāρāĻĻ⧁āϰ āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āĨ¤
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