"breed" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

A special variety of domesticated animals within a species (synset 108118376)
"he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new strain of sheep"
is a type of:
- animal group - a group of animals
- variety - (biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics
subtypes:
- bloodstock - thoroughbred horses (collectively)
- pedigree - line of descent of a purebred animal
belongs to: species - (biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed

same as: stock, strain
A special type (synset 105848056)
"Google represents a new breed of entrepreneurs"

is a type of: type - a subdivision of a particular kind of thing

Verb

Call forth (synset 201652566)
is a type of: cause, do, make - give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally

same as: engender, spawn
Copulate with a female, used especially of horses (synset 201433080)
"The horse covers the mare"

referred to in: animal husbandry - breeding and caring for farm animals

is a type of: copulate, couple, mate, pair - engage in sexual intercourse

same as: cover

verb group: brood, cover, hatch, incubate - sit on (eggs)
Cause to procreate (animals) (synset 201432088)
"She breeds dogs"

is a type of: create, make, produce - create or manufacture a man-made product
subtypes:
- mongrelise, mongrelize - cause to become a mongrel
- cross, crossbreed, hybridise, hybridize, interbreed - breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
Have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms) (synset 200056076)
"pandas rarely breed in captivity"

is a type of: multiply, procreate, reproduce - have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant

subtypes: pullulate - breed freely and abundantly

same as: multiply