Definition of breeds

"breeds" in the noun sense

1. breed, strain, stock

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"

2. breed

a special type

"Google represents a new breed of entrepreneurs"

"breeds" in the verb sense

1. engender, breed, spawn

call forth

2. breed, cover

copulate with a female, used especially of horses

"The horse covers the mare"

3. breed

cause to procreate (animals

"She breeds dogs"

4. breed, multiply

have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms

"pandas rarely breed in captivity"

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Quotations for breeds

Money breeds money. [ Italian Proverb ]

Familiarity breeds contempt. [ Proverb ]

One suit of law breeds twenty. [ Proverb ]

Equality of two domestic powers
Breeds scrupulous faction. [ William Shakespeare ]

Too much familiarity breeds contempt. [ Proverb ]

O! the gallant fisher's life.
It is the best of any:
'Tis full of pleasure, void of strife
And 'tis beloved by many.
Other joys
Are but toys;
Only this,
Lawful is;
For our skill
Breeds no ill,
But content and pleasure. [ Izaak Walton ]

She spins well that breeds her children. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

To live peaceably with all breeds good blood. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Slackness breeds worms; but the sure traveller,
Though he alight sometimes, still goeth on. [ George Herbert ]

The worst of law is that one suit breeds twenty. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Let thy mind still be bent, still plotting where,
And when, and how thy business may be done,
Slackness breeds worms; but the sure traveller,
Though he alights sometimes, still goeth on. [ George Herbert ]

Care draws on care, woe comforts woe again,
Sorrow breeds sorrow, one grief brings forth twain. [ Dayton ]

He that brings up his son to nothing, breeds a thief. [ Proverb ]

Water breeds frogs in the belly; but wine kills worms. [ Proverb ]

Not to resolve is to resolve; and many times it breeds as many necessities, and engageth as far in some other sort, as to resolve. [ Bacon ]

Extremes, though contrary, have the like effect; extreme heat mortifies, like extreme cold; extreme love breeds satiety, as well as extreme hatred. [ Chapman ]

They fix attention, heedless of your pain, With oaths like rivets forced into the brain; And e'en when sober truth prevails throughout, They swear it, till affirmance breeds a doubt. [ Cowper ]

Poverty breeds wealth; and wealth in its turn breeds poverty. The earth, to form the mould, is taken out of the ditch; and whatever may be the height of the one will be the depth of the other. [ J. C. and A. W. Hare ]

breeds in Scrabble®

The word breeds is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters breeds:

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breeds in Words With Friends™

The word breeds is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters breeds:

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Words containing the sequence breeds

Words that start with breeds (1 word)

Words with breeds in them (1 word)

Word Growth involving breeds

Shorter words in breeds

re reed breed

re reed reeds

Longer words containing breeds

crossbreeds

halfbreeds

inbreeds

interbreeds

outbreeds

overbreeds

rebreeds