Overview of noun breed

The noun breed has 2 senses

• breed, strain, stock -- (a special variety of domesticated animals within a species; "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new strain of sheep")


• breed -- (a special type; "Google represents a new breed of entrepreneurs")

Overview of verb breed

The verb breed has 4 senses

• engender, breed, spawn -- (call forth)


• breed, cover -- (copulate with a female, used especially of horses; "The horse covers the mare")


• breed -- (cause to procreate (animals); "She breeds dogs")


• breed, multiply -- (have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms); "pandas rarely breed in captivity"; "These bacteria reproduce")