breed
verb (used with object)
to produce (offspring); procreate; engender.
Example Sentences
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Bigger chicken breeds and flocks staying free of disease over the summer led to a glut in an industry that slaughters more than nine billion birds a year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
During colonial expansion, European breeds spread across much of the world and replaced numerous older lineages.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
Now she breeds her own yaks on 120 acres of pasture, foothills and mesa tops high in bucolic Ridgway, about 290 miles west of Denver.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
Mangalitsa-cross pigs are related to the hairy Hungarian breed, developed in the 1830s, that mixed eastern European domestic breeds with the wild boar.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
The smaller re-wilded breeds that people were living on, hamsters and cats, hadn’t herded this far into the bush yet.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
