to produce (offspring); procreate; engender.

to produce by mating; propagate sexually; reproduce

Ten mice were bred in the laboratory.

Horticulture .

to cause to reproduce by controlled pollination.

to improve by controlled pollination and selection.

to raise (cattle, sheep, etc.)

He breeds longhorns on the ranch.

to cause or be the source of; engender; give rise to

Dirt breeds disease. Stagnant water breeds mosquitoes.

to develop by training or education; bring up; rear

He was born and bred a gentleman.

Energy . to produce more fissile nuclear fuel than is consumed in a reactor.

to impregnate; mate

Breed a strong mare with a fast stallion and hope for a Derby winner.

to produce offspring

Many animals breed in the spring.

to be engendered or produced; grow; develop

Bacteria will not breed in alcohol.

to cause the birth of young, as in raising stock.

to be pregnant.

Genetics . a relatively homogenous group of animals within a species, developed and maintained by humans.

lineage; stock; strain

She comes from a fine breed of people.

sort; kind; group

Scholars are a quiet breed.

Offensive . half-breed ( def. 2 ) .

verb

not produce

noun

brand , character , extraction , family , feather , genus , ilk , likes , line , lineage , lot , nature , number , pedigree , progeny , race , sort , species , stamp , stock , strain , stripe , type , variety , cast , description , manner , mold , order , class , eugenics , genetic engineering , hybrid , kind , mestizo , metis , mongrel , mulatto , pullulation

verb

bear , beget , bring about , bring forth , cause , create , deliver , engender , give birth to , give rise to , hatch , impregnate , induce , make , multiply , originate , procreate , produce , progenerate , propagate , reproduce , bring up , cultivate , develop , discipline , educate , foster , instruct , nourish , rear , increase , proliferate , spawn , get , sire , father , parent , raise , class , conceive and bear , family , generate , ilk , kind , lineage , lot , nurture , occasion , offspring , pullulate , species , stock , strain , train , type , variety