English

Pronunciation
SAMPA|/bri:d/, IPA|/bri�d/
audio|en-us-breed.ogg|Audio (US)

Verb
en-verb|breeds|breeding|bred

1. To sexually produce offspring.
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.

#: She wanted to breed her cow to the neighbor's registered bull.

1. To propagate or grow plants trying to give them certain qualities.

#: He tries to breed blue roses.

1. To make sure that one's young grow up to adulthood.
2. To yield or result in.

#: Disaster breeds famine.

Related terms
breeder; breeding

Translations
trans-top|To sexually produce offspring
Bulgarian: о�глеждам
Catalan: criar
Dutch: broeden
Finnish: lisääntyä
German: aufziehen
Indonesian: besar|membesarkan
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Japanese: ��� (����, sodateru), ���� (������, ikusei-suru)
Korean: �� (nahda, nat-), ���� (saekki-chida)
Polish: p�odzi�
Russian: плоди���� (plodít's'a), �азмножа���� (razmnožát's'a)
Spanish: criar
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trans-top|To keep animals and have them reproduce
Bulgarian: �азв�ждам
Catalan: criar
Dutch: fokken
German: züchten
Indonesian: kembang-biak|mengembangbiakkan
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Korean: �� (chida), 기르� (gireuda)
Polish: hodowa�
Russian: �азводи��/�азве��и (razvodít'/razv'estí)
Spanish: criar
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trans-top|To propagate or grow plants
Catalan: criar
German: züchten
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Korean: �꾸� (gakkuda)
Russian: �азводи��/�азве��и (razvodít'/razv'estí)
Polish: hodowa�
Spanish: criar
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trans-top|To make sure that one's young grow up to adulthood
Bulgarian: по�аждам
Catalan: engendrar
Finnish: kasvattaa
German: erzeugen, hervorrufen, verursachen
trans-mid
Korean: 기르� (gireuda), 거�� (geoduda)
Polish: hodowa�, wychowywa�
Spanish: engendrar
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trans-top|To yield or result in
trans-mid
Korean: �� (nahda, nat-)
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ttbc|French: reproduire|se reproduire, élever
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Noun
en-noun

1. All animals or plants of the same species or subspecies eg. a breed of tulip, a breed of animal.
2. A race or lineage.

Translations
trans-top|All animals or plants of the same species or subspecies
Bulgarian: по�ода f
Catalan: raça (of animals) f, varietat (of plants) f
Dutch: variëteit f
Finnish: lajike (of plants), rotu (of animals)
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German: Rasse f
Korean: ��
Spanish: raza (of animals) f, variedad (of plants) f
Polish: gatunek m
Russian: по�ода (poróda) f
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trans-top|A race or lineage
Bulgarian: �од m, п�оиз�од m
Catalan: raça f
Dutch: broedsel n (of animals), gebroed n (of animals)
Finnish: rotu
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German: Rasse f
Korean: ��
Polish: rasa f
Russian: �а�а (rása) f, �од (rod) m, плем� (pl'ém'a) n
Serbian: rasa, soj m, pasmina f, loza f
Spanish: raza f
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ttbc|Spanish: casta m
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Category:English irregular verbs

Dutch

Adjective
breed, brede

1. broad

Derived terms
breedte

Category:Dutch adjectives

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hu:breed
nl:breed
pl:breed
ru:breed
fi:breed
te:breed
vi:breed
tr:breed
uk:breed
zh:breed

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