breed

Meanings

• a special variety of domesticated animals within a species
  • "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"
• a special type
  • "Google represents a new breed of entrepreneurs"
• call forth
• copulate with a female, used especially of horses
• cause to procreate (animals)
  • "She breeds dogs"
• have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms)
  • "pandas rarely breed in captivity"

Synonyms

cover, engender, multiply, spawn, stock, strain