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What does breed mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word breed? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To give birth to; to be the native place of.
  2. Of animals, to mate.
  3. To keep animals and have them reproduce in a way that improves the next generation’s qualities.
  4. To arrange the mating of specific animals.
  5. To propagate or grow plants trying to give them certain qualities.
  6. To take care of in infancy and through childhood; to bring up.
  7. To yield or result in.
  8. (obsolete, intransitive) To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated, or to grow, like young before birth.
  9. To educate; to instruct; to form by education; to train; sometimes followed by up.
  10. To produce or obtain by any natural process.
  11. (intransitive) To have birth; to be produced or multiplied.
Noun
  1. All animals or plants of the same species or subspecies.
  2. A race or lineage; offspring or issue.
  3. (informal) A group of people with shared characteristics.
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