breed
verb (used with object)
to produce (offspring); procreate; engender.
has been breeding
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present perfect progressiveof breed (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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The National Institute of Agricultural Botany, just outside Cambridge, has been breeding new varieties of crops for UK farmers for more than a hundred years.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2023
Hein has been breeding and selling horses for over 40 years at the ranch, which sits on the Webb and Zapata county line.
From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2023
North Korea has been breeding black swans, which state media has encouraged people to eat amid scarcity of other foods, according to NK News, a website that monitors the regime.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 16, 2021
Some of his Long Island Survivor Stock bees, a hearty bunch he hand-raised and has been breeding for decades, had been stolen — and replaced.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 13, 2021
Weather has been breeding for several days, and the equinox is here.
From The Iron Trail by Rex Ellingwood Beach
