Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁-der.
Proto-Indo-European *bʰroh₁tús
Proto-Germanic *brōduz
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Germanic *-janą
Proto-Germanic *brōdijaną
Proto-West Germanic *brōdijan
Old English brēdan
Middle English breden
English breed
Inherited from Middle English breden, from Old English brēdan, from Proto-Germanic *brōdijaną (“to brood”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁- (“warm”). Cognate with Scots brede, breid, Saterland Frisian briede, West Frisian briede, Low German bröden, Dutch broeden, German brüten.
Meanings
All animals or plants of the same species or subspecies.
a breed of tulip
a breed of animal
A race or lineage; offspring or issue.
And nothing 'gainst Time's scythe can make defence
Save 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, →OCLC:
(informal) A group of people with shared characteristics.
People who were taught classical Greek and Latin at school are a dying breed.
(abbreviation, alt-of, derogatory, ellipsis) Ellipsis of half-breed.
I understood what Aurelia meant though—I was light, clearly a breed. 1984, Louise Erdrich, Love Medicine, Harper Perennial, published 2009, page 24:
[…] you stinking breed!" he answered through gritted teeth. John leaned down and placed the barrel of his six-gun hard against one of Dunlap's eyes. 1997, Rosanne Bittner, Texas Embrace, page 300:
hi जिंस (race or lineage) · sk rasa (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies) · ota نسل (race or lineage) · es variedad (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies) · cs plemeno (race or lineage) · sv sort (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies) · sk plemeno (race or lineage) · cs plemeno (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies) · el ράτσα (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies) · nl variëteit (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies) · de Rasse (race or lineage) · nl gebroed (race or lineage) · ru поро́да (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies) · ga síolrach (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies) · ko 품종 (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies) · ky бак (race or lineage) · tr ırk (race or lineage) · da race (race or lineage) · sv ras (race or lineage) · it razza (race or lineage) · ro rasă (race or lineage) · fur raze (race or lineage) · ms baka (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies) · el ράτσα (race or lineage) · ru пле́мя (race or lineage) · sk rasa (race or lineage) · da sort (race or lineage) · es cepa (race or lineage) · de Zuchtrasse (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies) · sh rasa (race or lineage) · de Schlag (race or lineage) · ca raça (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies) · de Art (group of people with shared characteristics) · de Rasse (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies) · ru поро́да (group of people with shared characteristics) · hi बिरादरी (race or lineage) · ky порода (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies) · gl variedade (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies) · bg произход (race or lineage) · gl raza (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies) · es raza (race or lineage) · pl rasa (race or lineage) · ca varietat (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies) · pl gatunek (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies) · de Sorte (race or lineage) · he זַן (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies) · sv ras (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies) · cs rasa (race or lineage) · gl raza (race or lineage) · fr race (race or lineage) · fi rotu (race or lineage) · ru ра́са (race or lineage) · hi ज़ात (race or lineage) · nl broedsel (race or lineage) · nb rase (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies) · hi जिनस (race or lineage) · cy brid (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies) · sv sort (race or lineage) · wa sôre (race or lineage) · ta இனம் (race or lineage) · pt raça (race or lineage) · ru сорт m plants (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies) · nds-de Rooß (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies) · sk plemeno (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies) · ga síolrach (race or lineage) · da race (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies) · wa raece (race or lineage) · hu szerzet (group of people with shared characteristics) · bg порода (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies) · es raza (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies) · gd seòrsa (race or lineage) · es variedad (race or lineage) · hi कुल (race or lineage) · hu fajta (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies) · ota صوی (race or lineage) · eo raso (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies) · ta இனம் (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies) · ko 계통 (race or lineage) · fi rotu (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies) · eo raso (race or lineage) · gd gnè (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies) · hu fajta (group of people with shared characteristics) · da sort (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies) · nds-de Raaß (race or lineage) · pt raça (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies) · de Gattung (group of people with shared characteristics) · hi बंस (race or lineage) · hu típus (group of people with shared characteristics) · es casta (race or lineage) · pt variedade (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies) · cs rasa (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies) · tt токым (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies) · sh loza (race or lineage) · ca raça (race or lineage) · gd gnè (race or lineage) · nds-de Rooß (race or lineage) · nds-de Raaß (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies) · hi वंश (race or lineage) · gd seòrsa (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies) · sh soj (race or lineage) · fi lajike (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies) · nn rase (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies) · ru род (race or lineage) · sh pasmina (race or lineage) · bg род (race or lineage)
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁-der.
Proto-Indo-European *bʰroh₁tús
Proto-Germanic *brōduz
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Germanic *-janą
Proto-Germanic *brōdijaną
Proto-West Germanic *brōdijan
Old English brēdan
Middle English breden
English breed
Inherited from Middle English breden, from Old English brēdan, from Proto-Germanic *brōdijaną (“to brood”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁- (“warm”). Cognate with Scots brede, breid, Saterland Frisian briede, West Frisian briede, Low German bröden, Dutch broeden, German brüten.
Meanings
To produce offspring sexually; to bear young.
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:
(transitive) To give birth to; to be the native place of.
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, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
A northern country breeds stout men.
A pond breeds fish.
(of animals) To mate.
(transitive) To keep (animals) and have (them) reproduce in a way that improves the next generation's qualities.
(often, transitive, with to or with) To arrange the mating of (specific animals).
She wanted to breed her cow to the neighbor's registered bull.
To propagate or grow (plants) in an effort to give (them) certain qualities.
He tries to breed blue roses.
To take care of in infancy and through childhood; to bring up.
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:
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, →OCLC, page 437:
born and bred
To yield or result in.
disaster breeds famine
lest the place / And my queint habits breed astonishment 1634 October 9 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey Robinson, […], published 1637, →OCLC; reprinted as Comus: […] (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903, →OCLC, page 6, lines 156–157:
familiarity breeds contempt
(intransitive, obsolete) To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated or to grow, like young before birth.
(as breed up, sometimes) To educate; to instruct; to bring up.
No care was taken to breed him a Protestant. a. 1716 (date written), [Gilbert] Burnet, edited by [Gilbert Burnet Jr.], Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] Thomas Ward […], published 1724, →OCLC:
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, →OCLC:
To produce or obtain by any natural process.
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, […], →OCLC:
(intransitive) To have birth; to be produced, developed, or multiplied.
Fair encounter
Of two most rare affections! Heavens rain grace
On 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, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
(slang, transitive, vulgar) To ejaculate inside (a person or a bodily orifice of same); to creampie.
Then...you get...bred. year unknown, Tymber Dalton, Disorder in the House [Suncoast Society], Siren-BookStrand, page 32
2018, Cassandra Dee, Paying My Boyfriend's Debt: A Billionaire Bad Boy Romance, Cassandra Dee Romance via PublishDrive
“God, I love your ass,” he says, his voice almost a growl. “I'm gonna breed this ass tonight.”
"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, →ISBN, page 19:
“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, →ISBN, page 41:
“ 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, →ISBN:
creampie (ejaculate inside) · bring up (take care of in infancy and through childhood) · rear (take care of in infancy and through childhood) · cream (ejaculate inside) · raise (take care of in infancy and through childhood)
Translations (179)
ko 거두다 (to take care of in infancy and through childhood) · sdn allià (to sexually produce offspring) · oc elevar (to keep animals and have them reproduce) · hu párzik (of animals, to mate) · de brüten (of animals, to mate) · sv avla (to keep animals and have them reproduce) · pt criar (to propagate or grow plants) · sv avla (to arrange mating of animals) · ru случа́ть (to arrange mating of animals) · pl rozmnażać się (to sexually produce offspring) · oc engendrar (to yield or result in) · gl fillar (to keep animals and have them reproduce) · mi whakaaiai (to sexually produce offspring) · pt gerar (to yield or result in) · cy bridio (to keep animals and have them reproduce) · es preñar (to ejaculate inside of) · hu tenyészt (to keep animals and have them reproduce) · uk розвести́ (to keep animals and have them reproduce) · de sich paaren (of animals, to mate) · fi jalostaa (to propagate or grow plants) · ko 치다 (to keep animals and have them reproduce) · ko 기르다 (to keep animals and have them reproduce) · la pariō (to yield or result in) · ko 낳다 (to yield or result in) · de züchten (to propagate or grow plants) · oc elevar (to take care of in infancy and through childhood) · oc abalir (to take care of in infancy and through childhood) · sc pesare (to sexually produce offspring) · hu hágat (to arrange mating of animals) · ga póraigh (to keep animals and have them reproduce) · hu nemz (to sexually produce offspring) · da avle (to yield or result in) · id berkembang-biak (to sexually produce offspring) · bg отглеждам (to propagate or grow plants) · sc allevai (to keep animals and have them reproduce) · hu előidéz (to yield or result in) · ru плоди́ться (to sexually produce offspring) · de erzeugen (to yield or result in) · gl enxendrar (to sexually produce offspring) · bg развъждам (to keep animals and have them reproduce) · da avle (to keep animals and have them reproduce) · it riprodursi (to sexually produce offspring) · hu nemesít (to keep animals and have them reproduce) · pl płodzić (to sexually produce offspring) · io edukar (to keep animals and have them reproduce) · fi jalostaa (to keep animals and have them reproduce) · de erzeugen (to sexually produce offspring) · de hervorrufen (to yield or result in) · de aufziehen (to sexually produce offspring) · fr élever (to keep animals and have them reproduce) · sv föda upp (to keep animals and have them reproduce) · cy bridio (of animals, to mate) · tyz au làng (of animals, to mate) · sdn allià (to keep animals and have them reproduce) · ky багуу (to propagate or grow plants) · cy bridio (to sexually produce offspring) · hu termeszt (to propagate or grow plants) · hu okoz (to yield or result in) · da forplante sig (to sexually produce offspring) · id mengembang-biakkan (to keep animals and have them reproduce) · it allevare (to keep animals and have them reproduce) · bg отглеждам (to sexually produce offspring) · pl spładzać (to sexually produce offspring) · oc congrear (to sexually produce offspring) · hu szül (to yield or result in) · da avle (to sexually produce offspring) · de züchten (to keep animals and have them reproduce) · de aufziehen (to take care of in infancy and through childhood) · ca engendrar (to yield or result in) · oc apariar (of animals, to mate) · sc pesare (to keep animals and have them reproduce) · cs šlechtit (to propagate or grow plants) · ar رَبَّى (to take care of in infancy and through childhood) · sc allevai (to sexually produce offspring) · sv föröka (sig) (to sexually produce offspring) · ru развести́ (to keep animals and have them reproduce) · bg пораждам (to take care of in infancy and through childhood) · es criar (to keep animals and have them reproduce) · ja 育てる (to sexually produce offspring) · gl requestar (of animals, to mate) · pt cultivar (to propagate or grow plants) · pt criar (to keep animals and have them reproduce) · enm breden (of animals, to mate) · fr se reproduire (to sexually produce offspring) · cmn 育种 (to keep animals and have them reproduce) · oc cultivar (to propagate or grow plants) · ga síolraigh (to keep animals and have them reproduce) · gl afillar (to sexually produce offspring) · izh naittaa (to propagate or grow plants) · ko 기르다 (to take care of in infancy and through childhood) · ko 낳다 (to sexually produce offspring) · eo selekti (to arrange mating of animals) · fi synnyttää (to yield or result in) · da reproducere (to sexually produce offspring) · es criar (to take care of in infancy and through childhood) · sc pesai (to sexually produce offspring) · ga síolraigh (to sexually produce offspring) · eo bredi (to keep animals and have them reproduce) · pt procriar (to sexually produce offspring) · ca criar (to keep animals and have them reproduce) · es criar (to propagate or grow plants) · az çoxalmaq (to sexually produce offspring) · fi astuttaa (to arrange mating of animals) · mi aihono (to arrange mating of animals) · id beranak (to sexually produce offspring) · es aparearse (of animals, to mate) · nl fokken (to keep animals and have them reproduce) · pl rodzić (to yield or result in) · hu szaporodik (of animals, to mate) · oc acoblar (of animals, to mate) · de züchten (to sexually produce offspring) · ga síolraigh (of animals, to mate) · hu szaporít (to keep animals and have them reproduce) · uk злуча́ти (to arrange mating of animals) · uk злучи́ти (to arrange mating of animals) · ru размножа́ться (to sexually produce offspring) · gl criar (to keep animals and have them reproduce) · cy bridio (to propagate or grow plants) · pl spłodzić (to sexually produce offspring) · io edukar (to arrange mating of animals) · oc abalir (to keep animals and have them reproduce) · ru разводи́ть (to keep animals and have them reproduce) · sdc allibà (to keep animals and have them reproduce) · sv uppfostra (to take care of in infancy and through childhood) · gl xerar (to sexually produce offspring) · es criar (to sexually produce offspring) · it allevare (to sexually produce offspring) · de begatten (to ejaculate inside of) · pl hodować (to keep animals and have them reproduce) · ru развести́ (to propagate or grow plants) · sc pesai (to keep animals and have them reproduce) · nl zich voortplanten (to sexually produce offspring) · gl grelar (to propagate or grow plants) · da dyrke (to propagate or grow plants) · da avle (of animals, to mate) · da avle (to arrange mating of animals) · gl castizar (to sexually produce offspring) · enm breden (to take care of in infancy and through childhood) · ko 가꾸다 (to propagate or grow plants) · oc procrear (to sexually produce offspring) · ja 育成する (to sexually produce offspring) · da opfostre (to take care of in infancy and through childhood) · sdc allibà (to sexually produce offspring) · cmn 配種 /配种 (of animals, to mate) · pt cruzar (of animals, to mate) · sv uppföda (to take care of in infancy and through childhood) · hu párosít (to arrange mating of animals) · da avle (to propagate or grow plants) · ga síolraigh (to arrange mating of animals) · ko 새끼치다 (to sexually produce offspring) · fi kasvattaa (to take care of in infancy and through childhood) · pl hodować (to take care of in infancy and through childhood) · hu pároztat (to arrange mating of animals) · fr élever (to take care of in infancy and through childhood) · fi lisääntyä (to sexually produce offspring) · gl xembrar (to sexually produce offspring) · ota یاورولامق (to sexually produce offspring) · gl recastar (of animals, to mate) · ca criar (to sexually produce offspring) · sv odla (to propagate or grow plants) · hu nevel (to take care of in infancy and through childhood) · ga póraigh (to arrange mating of animals) · ca criar (to propagate or grow plants) · gl agrear (to sexually produce offspring) · fr engendrer (to sexually produce offspring) · ru разводи́ть (to propagate or grow plants) · sv avla (of animals, to mate) · sv föröka (of animals, to mate) · de verursachen (to yield or result in) · mnc ᡶᡠᠰᡝᠮᠪᡳ (to sexually produce offspring) · cy bridio (to arrange mating of animals) · uk розво́дити (to keep animals and have them reproduce) · vo bridön (to sexually produce offspring) · ru случи́ть (to arrange mating of animals) · pl wychowywać (to take care of in infancy and through childhood) · fi paritella (of animals, to mate) · es criar selectivamente (to keep animals and have them reproduce) · ky бак (to propagate or grow plants) · pl hodować (to propagate or grow plants)