breed

Meanings

To produce offspring sexually; to bear young.
To give birth to; to be the native place of.
Of animals, to mate.
To keep animals and have them reproduce in a way that improves the next generation’s qualities.
To arrange the mating of specific animals.
To propagate or grow plants trying to give them certain qualities.
To take care of in infancy and through childhood; to bring up.
To yield or result in.
To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated, or to grow, like young before birth.
To educate; to instruct; to bring up
To produce or obtain by any natural process.
To have birth; to be produced, developed or multiplied.
to ejaculate inside someone's anus

From Middle English breden, from Old English brēdan, from Proto-Germanic *brōdijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁-. Cognate with Scots brede, breid, Saterland Frisian briede, West Frisian briede, Dutch broeden, German Low German bröden, German brüten.

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