BREED (2)

breed (2). Breed, n. a cast, kind, sort, race, offspring, number

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Breed, v. i. 1. 1. To bear and nourish young; to reproduce or multiply itself; to be pregnant.
That they breed abundantly in the earth. Gen. viii. 17. The mother had never bred before. Carpenter. Ant. Is your gold and silver ewes and rams? Shy. I can not tell. I make it breed as fast. Shak. 2. 2. To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated, or to grow, as young before birth.
3. 3. To have birth; to be produced or multiplied.
Heavens rain grace On that which breeds between them. Shak. 4. 4. To raise a breed; to get progeny.
The kind of animal which you wish to breed from. Gardner. To breed in and in, to breed from animals of the same stock that are closely related.