breed

²breed

noun

Definition of BREED

1

: a group of usually domesticated animals or plants presumably related by descent from common ancestors and visibly similar in most characters

2

: a number of persons of the same stock

3

: class, kind <a new breed of athlete>

Examples of BREED

1. The collie is a working breed.
2. a new breed of athlete

First Known Use of BREED

1553

Related to BREED

Synonyms: sort, class, description, feather, genre, ilk, kidney, kind, like, manner, nature, order, species, strain, stripe, type, variety

Related Words: model; sample, specimen; bracket, bunch, category, division, family, grade, group, grouping, lot, persuasion, rank(s), set, suite

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Other Genetics Terms

chimera, hermaphrodite, plasticity