n. 25B6; verb
elephants breed readily in captivity : REPRODUCE, produce offspring, procreate, multiply; mate.
she was born and bred in the village : BRING UP, rear, raise, nurture.
the political system bred discontent : CAUSE, bring about, give rise to, lead to, produce, generate, foster, result in; stir up; poetic/literary beget.
25B6; noun
a breed of cow : VARIETY, stock, strain; type, kind, sort.
a new breed of journalist : TYPE, kind, sort, variety, class, genre, generation; N. Amer. stripe.