Synonyms for breed

Noun

1. breed, lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock

usage: a special lineage; "a breed of Americans"

2. breed, strain, stock, variety, animal group

usage: a special variety of domesticated animals within a species; "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new strain of sheep"

3. half-breed, breed, half-caste

usage: half-caste offspring of parents of different races (especially of white and Indian parents)

4. breed, strain, ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation

usage: a lineage or race of people

Verb

1. engender, breed, spawn, cause, do, make

usage: call forth

2. breed, cover, copulate, mate, pair, couple

usage: copulate with a female, used especially of horses; "The horse covers the mare"

3. breed, produce, make, create

usage: of plants or animals; "She breeds dogs"

4. breed, multiply, reproduce, procreate, multiply

usage: have young (animals); "pandas rarely breed in captivity"