Definition of "breed"

breed

/bɹiːd/

verb
third-person singular simple present breeds, present participle breeding, simple past and past participle bred
1. To produce offspring sexually; to bear young.
  Quotations
  Plant breeding is always a numbers game. […] The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, and individual plants are highly heterozygous and do not breed true. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better.
  2013 May-June, David Van Tassel, Lee DeHaan, “Wild Plants to the Rescue”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3
2. (transitive) To give birth to; to be the native place of.
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  Yet every mother breeds not sons alike.
  c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act II, scene iii]
3. Of animals, to mate.
4. To keep animals and have them reproduce in a way that improves the next generation’s qualities.
5. To arrange the mating of specific animals.
6. To propagate or grow plants trying to give them certain qualities.
7. To take care of in infancy and through childhood; to bring up.
  Quotations
  Ah wretched me! by fates averſe, decreed, / To bring thee forth with pain, with care to breed!
  a. 1701 (date written), John Dryden, “The First Book of Homer’s Ilias”, in The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, […], volume IV, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson, […], published 1760, page 437
  born and bred on the verge of the wilderness
  1859, Edward Everett, An Oration on the Occasion of the Dedication of the Statue of Mr. Webster
8. To yield or result in.
  Quotations
  lest the place / And my queint habits breed astonishment
  1634 October 9 (first performance), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey Robinson, […], published 1637; reprinted as Comus: […] (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903, page 6, lines 156–157
9. (obsolete, intransitive) To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated, or to grow, like young before birth.
10. (sometimes as breed up) To educate; to instruct; to bring up
  Quotations
  No care was taken to breed him a Protestant.
  1724, [Gilbert] Burnet, edited by [Gilbert Burnet Jr.], Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] Thomas Ward […]
  His farm may not […] remove his children too far from him, or the trade he breeds them up in.
  1691, [John Locke], Some Considerations of the Consequences of the Lowering of Interest, and Raising the Value of Money. […], London: […] Awnsham and John Churchill, […], published 1692
11. To produce or obtain by any natural process.
  Quotations
  Children would breed their teeth with much less danger.
  1693, [John Locke], “§13”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […]
12. (intransitive) To have birth; to be produced, developed or multiplied.
  Quotations
  Fair encounterOf two most rare affections! Heavens rain graceOn that which breed between 'em!
  1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act III, scene i]
13. (transitive) To ejaculate inside; to attempt to impregnate.
  Quotations
  “God, I love your ass,” he says, his voice almost a growl. “I'm gonna breed this ass tonight.”
  2018, Cassandra Dee, Paying My Boyfriend's Debt: A Billionaire Bad Boy Romance, Cassandra Dee Romance via PublishDrive
  “ Yes,” I said. “You want to fuck me, and I submit to you. My body is yours. Stuff me. Fill me. Breed my ass. Seed me, my love.
  2015, David Holly, The Heart's Eternal Desire, Bold Strokes Books Inc
  “Then...you get...bred.”
  year unknown, Tymber Dalton, Disorder in the House [Suncoast Society], Siren-BookStrand , page 32
  “I can't...can't last, baby.” / “I don't care. Come inside me. Breed me.”
  2017, Casper Graham, Same Script, Different Cast [Scripts & Lyrics Trilogy], Siren-BookStrand, page 41
  "Are you clean?" he asked. / "Yeah, I get tested recently." / "Perfect. Breed me.”
  2017, Casper Graham, Nothing Short of a Miracle [Scripts & Lyrics Trilogy], Siren-BookStrand, page 19
noun
plural breeds
1. All animals or plants of the same species or subspecies.
2. A race or lineage; offspring or issue.
  Quotations
  And nothing 'gainst Time's scythe can make defenceSave breed, to brave him when he takes thee hence.
  1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 12”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley
3. (informal) A group of people with shared characteristics.
4. (derogatory) Ellipsis of half-breed.

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