[briːd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of animals) mate and then produce offspring
(e.g: toads are said to return to the pond of their birth to breed)


Phrases:
- a breed apart
- a dying breed

Origin:
Old English brēdan ‘produce (offspring), bear (a child)’, of Germanic origin; related to German brüten, also to brood

[briːd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a stock of animals or plants within a species having a distinctive appearance and typically having been developed by deliberate selection
(e.g: the big continental breeds are eagerly being imported by British farmers)


Phrases:
- a breed apart
- a dying breed

Origin:
Old English brēdan ‘produce (offspring), bear (a child)’, of Germanic origin; related to German brüten, also to brood