BREED


Meaning of BREED in English

(~s, ~ing, bred)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

A ~ of a pet animal or farm animal is a particular type of it. For example, terriers are a ~ of dog.

...rare ~s of cattle...

Certain ~s are more dangerous than others.

N-COUNT

2.

If you ~ 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, ~ing horses and dogs...

These dogs are bred to fight.

VERB: V n, be V-ed to-inf

see also cross-~

~ing

There is potential for selective ~ing for better yields.

N-UNCOUNT

3.

When animals ~, they have babies.

Frogs will usually ~ in any convenient pond...

The area now attracts over 60 species of ~ing birds.

VERB: V, V-ing

~ing

During the ~ing season the birds come ashore.

N-UNCOUNT: oft N n

4.

If you say that something ~s bad feeling or bad behaviour, you mean that it causes bad feeling or bad behaviour to develop.

If they are unemployed it’s bound to ~ resentment...

Violence ~s violence.

= create

VERB: V n, V n

5.

You can refer to someone or something as one of a particular ~ of person or thing when you want to talk about what they are like.

Sue is one of the new ~ of British women squash players who are making a real impact...

The new ~ of walking holidays puts the emphasis on enjoyment, not endurance...

= strain

N-COUNT: usu sing, with supp

6.

see also ~ing , ill-bred , pure-bred , well-bred

7.

Someone who was born and bred in a place was born there and grew up there.

I was born and bred in the highlands...

PHRASE

8.

familiarity ~s contempt: see familiarity

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