Phrase Hound found 13 phrases and 35 compound words that contain breed. The most common are listed below. Open breed in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 13
- New Breed
- half-breedA person of mixed racial parentage or ancestry, especially one of mixed white and American Indian parentage (metis, métis, Metis, Métis; mestizo).
- best of breedAny product thought to be the best of its type.
- dying breedA group of people or things that is becoming less numerous over time.
- breed in the boneTo establish or ingrain firmly within someone's nature.
- breed trueSynonym of come true (“to maintain identity of salient characteristics through propagation processes”)
- cross-breedAlternative form of crossbreed: To produce (an organism) by the mating of individuals of different breeds, varieties, or species; hybridize.
- designer breedSynonym of designer dog; less commonly used to describe other crossbred animals.
- a breed apartEntirely different from the average within a group; sharply diverging from the norm; in a league of one's own.
- breed upTo educate; to instruct; to bring up.
- self-breedTo reproduce by self-fertilization.
- breed like rabbitsTo breed very rapidly, to have many children.
- different breed of catSomething entirely different; a whole other thing or matter.
Compound words 35
- breederA person who breeds plants or animals (professionally).
- misbreedTo breed with the wrong mate, resulting in inferior offspring.
- thoroughbreedA breed of unadulterated or pure lineage.
- underbreedTo breed insufficiently.
- xbreedAbbreviation of crossbreed: To produce (an organism) by the mating of individuals of different breeds, varieties, or species; hybridize.
- unbreedThe mutt, considered as a breed in its own right.
- breedableAble to breed or be bred.
- breedyApt or ready to breed, produce; breeding readily; prolific
- outbreedTo breed from parents not closely related.
- intrabreedWithin a single breed.