Breed

bred, v. [bred; breeding.] To procreate; beget; hatch; to bring up nurse and foster to instruct form by education to occasion to give birth to. — v. To bear and nourish young; to be generated, or to grow to raise a breed. — n. A progeny from the same parents or stock; a race allied by nativity or some distinctive qualities in common; progeny; offspring, — applied to other things than animals. [AS. broct, a brood, bred an, to nourish, cherish, D. broedan, to brood, G. briiten, to hatch.] — To breed in and To breed from closely related animals of the same stock. — Breed'er, n. — Breeding, n. Formation of manners; education; nurture; training; deportment; behavior. Breese, Briz, Breeze, brez, Breeze'-fly, n. A buzzing fly of various species, which torments animals; also, the bot-fly. [AS. brims a, G. bremse, gad-fly, Sw. broms, D. brems. horse-fly, D. brommen, to hum, buzz Skr. bhramara, a bee, bhram, to whirl.J