breed
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a special variety of domesticated animals within a species
he experimented on a particular breed of white rats
Types & categories
- animal group hypernym
- variety hypernym
- bloodstock hyponym
- pedigree hyponym
Parts & wholes
- species member holonym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
call forth
Types & categories
- cause hypernym
Sense 3 noun
a special type
Google represents a new breed of entrepreneurs
Types & categories
- type hypernym
Sense 4 verb
copulate with a female, used especially of horses
The horse covers the mare
Types & categories
- mate hypernym
Related & opposite
- animal husbandry domain topic
- incubate verb group
Sense 5 verb
cause to procreate (animals)
She breeds dogs
Types & categories
- produce hypernym
- mongrelize hyponym
- crossbreed hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms)
pandas rarely breed in captivity
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- procreation derivation
- multiplication derivation
- breed derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | multiply |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | breed |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | stock |
| 1 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | species |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | animal group |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | variety |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bloodstock |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pedigree |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | cause |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | type |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | animal husbandry |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | incubate |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | mate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | breeding |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | breed |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | breeder |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | produce |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | mongrelize |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | crossbreed |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | procreation |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | multiplication |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | breed |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | procreate |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | pullulate |