breed

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for breed

breed 🔊 /bɹiˈd/

breed : බෝකිරීම

breed : අභිජාතිය

breed : වංශය

breed : ප්‍රජාව

breed : බෝ කරනවා

breed : අභිජනක කිරීම

breed : පැටව් ගහනවා

breed : ජාතිය

breed : උපද්දනවා

breed : අභිජනනය

breed : වර්ගය

breed definition

Transitive verb.

  1. To produce as offspring; to bring forth; to bear; to procreate; to generate; to beget; to hatch.
  2. To take care of in infancy, and through the age of youth; to bring up; to nurse and foster.
  3. To educate; to instruct; to form by education; to train; -- sometimes followed by up.
  4. To engender; to cause; to occasion; to originate; to produce; as, to breed a storm; to breed disease.
  5. To give birth to; to be the native place of; as, a pond breeds fish; a northern country breeds stout men.
  6. To raise, as any kind of stock.
  7. To produce or obtain by any natural process.

Intransitive verb.

  1. To bear and nourish young; to reproduce or multiply itself; to be pregnant.
  2. To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated, or to grow, as young before birth.
  3. To have birth; to be produced or multiplied.
  4. To raise a breed; to get progeny.

Noun.

  1. A race or variety of men or other animals (or of plants), perpetuating its special or distinctive characteristics by inheritance.
  2. Class; sort; kind; -- of men, things, or qualities.
  3. A number produced at once; a brood.