BREED
What does "BREED" mean?
To produce offspring, or to keep animals in order to produce young.
Meanings
- To produce young, especially through controlled mating of animals or plants. They breed horses on a farm in the valley.
- A group of animals within a species with distinctive, inherited characteristics. The collie is a breed known for its intelligence.
- To give rise to or cause something to develop. Poverty and neglect can breed resentment. figurative
- A particular type or kind of person. Reporters like her are a dying breed. informal
Word origin
From Old English 'bredan', meaning to nourish, keep warm, or hatch, from a Proto-Germanic root related to 'brood' and the warmth of incubation.
Remember it
BREED shares its core with BROOD - both about warming young into life.
A little poem
From one warm nest a hundred wings will spread-
what's kept with care is always what we breed.
couplet
Wordplay
- The dog show judge said my mutt was one of a kind - so technically a rare breed.
What it teaches
Whatever you tend with warmth multiplies; choose carefully what you let breed.
Quick facts
What does BREED mean?
To produce offspring, or to keep animals in order to produce young.
Is BREED a valid word?
Yes — BREED is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is BREED?
BREED has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does BREED come from?
From Old English 'bredan', meaning to nourish, keep warm, or hatch, from a Proto-Germanic root related to 'brood' and the warmth of incubation.
What can BREED teach us?
Whatever you tend with warmth multiplies; choose carefully what you let breed.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.