The meaning of BREED is to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation. How to use breed in a sentence. Idiom a dying breed (Definition of breed from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) A breed is a specific group of breedable domestic animals having homogeneous appearance (phenotype), homogeneous behavior, and/or other characteristics that distinguish it from other organisms of the same species.

Understanding the Context

BREED definition: to produce (offspring); procreate; engender. See examples of breed used in a sentence. Complete list of AKC recognized dog breeds. Includes personality, history, health, nutrition, grooming, pictures, videos and AKC breed standard.

Key Insights

If you breed animals or plants, you keep them for the purpose of producing more animals or plants with particular qualities, in a controlled way. He lived alone, breeding horses and dogs. He used to breed dogs for the police. Music video by Nirvana performing Breed (Live At The Paramount/1991).© 2011 UMG Recordings, Inc. 1.

Final Thoughts

To produce or reproduce by giving birth or hatching: Mosquitoes breed in water. 2. To raise animals or plants, often to produce new or improved types: breed a new type of corn.