breed
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(verb) have young; used of animals; derogatory when used for people |
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Synonyms: multiply |
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Related Words: multiply, procreate, pullulate, reproduce |
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(verb) of plants or animals; "She breeds dogs" |
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Related Words: create, crossbreed, hybridize, interbreed, make, mate, mongrelize, produce |
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(verb) copulate with a female, used esp. of horses; "The horse covers the mare" |
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Synonyms: cover |
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Related Words: copulate, couple, mate, pair |
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(noun) a lineage or race of people |
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Synonyms: strain |
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Related Words: ancestry, derivation, filiation, lineage |
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(noun) a special kind of domesticated animals within a species; "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new variety of sheep" |
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Synonyms: stock, strain, variety |
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Related Words: animal group, bloodstock, pedigree |
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(noun) a special lineage; "a breed of Americans" |
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Related Words: ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stock |
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(verb) call forth |
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Synonyms: engender, spawn |
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Related Words: cause, do, make |
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(noun) half-caste offspring of parents of different races (especially of white and Indian parents) |
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Synonyms: half-breed |
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Related Words: half-caste, metis |
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