Définition "breed" dans le dictionnaire Collins English Dictionary & Thesaurus

breed (breeds plural & 3rd person present) (breeding present participle) (bred past tense & past participle )

1 n-count A breed of a pet animal or farm animal is a particular type of it. For example, terriers are a breed of dog.
...rare breeds of cattle...

2  verb 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...  V n
♦ breeding  n-uncount
There is potential for selective breeding for better yields.

3  verb When animals breed, they have babies.
Frogs will usually breed in any convenient pond...  V
♦ breeding  n-uncount
During the breeding season the birds come ashore.

4 verb If you say that something breeds bad feeling or bad behaviour, you mean that it causes bad feeling or bad behaviour to develop. (=create)
If they are unemployed it's bound to breed resentment... V n

5 n-count You can refer to someone or something as one of a particular breed of person or thing when you want to talk about what they are like. (=strain)
Sue is one of the new breed of British women squash players who are making a real impact...

6
→ breeding
→ ill-bred
→ pure-bred
→ well-bred

7 Someone who was born and bred in a place was born there and grew up there.
♦ born and bred phrase
I was born and bred in the highlands...

8
→ familiarity breeds contempt
→ familiarity