breedbreedbreedsbredbreeding1verb (breeds, breeding, bred/, has bred)1When animals breed, they produce young animals: Birds breed in the spring.2to keep animals so that they will produce baby animals: They breed horses on their farm.breedbreedbreeds2nouna kind of animal: There are many different breeds of dog.
# verb. - (of animals) mate and then produce offspring. * toads are said to return to the pond of their birth to breed
# noun. - a stock of animals or plants within a species having a distinctive appearance and typically having been developed by deliberate selection. * the big continental breeds are eagerly being imported by British farmers