verb, noun
verb (bred, bred )
1 [V] (of animals) to have sex and produce young:
Many animals breed only at certain times of the year.
seealsoINTERBREED
2 [VN] ~ sth (for / as sth) to keep animals or plants in order to produce young ones in a controlled way:
The rabbits are bred for their long coats. * Greyhounds were originally bred as hunting dogs. * the first panda to be bred in captivity
seealsoCROSS-BREED, PURE-BRED, THOROUGHBRED
3 [VN] to be the cause of sth:
Nothing breeds success like success.
4 [VN] [usuallypassive] ~ sth into sb to educate sb in a particular way as they are growing up:
Fear of failure was bred into him at an early age.
seealsoWELLBRED
IDIOMS see BORNv., FAMILIARITY
Part of speech: noun
1 a particular type of animal that has been developed by people in a controlled way, especially a type of dog, cat or farm animal:
Labradors and other large breeds of dog * a breed of cattle / sheep
2 [usuallysing.] a type of person:
He represents a new breed of politician. * Players as skilful as this are a rare breed.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is breed a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, breed is tagged as noun.
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