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Breed is a related term of standing.


As verbs the difference between breed and standing

is that breed is to produce offspring sexually; to bear young while standing is ; in the process of coming to an upright position.

As nouns the difference between breed and standing

is that breed is all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies while standing is position or reputation in society or a profession: "he does not have much of a standing as a chemist ".

As an adjective standing is

erect, not cut down.

breed

English

Alternative forms

* breede (archaic)

Verb

  • To produce offspring sexually; to bear young.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= David Van Tassel], [http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/lee-dehaan Lee DeHaan
    • , title= Wild Plants to the Rescue , volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Plant breeding is always a numbers game.
  • To give birth to; to be the native place of.
    • a pond breeds''' fish; a northern country '''breeds stout men
  • * Shakespeare
    • Yet every mother breeds not sons alike.
  • Of animals, to mate.
  • To keep animals and have them reproduce in a way that improves the next generation’s qualities.
  • To arrange the mating of specific animals.
  • To propagate or grow plants trying to give them certain qualities.
  • To take care of in infancy and through childhood; to bring up.
  • * Dryden
    • to bring thee forth with pain, with care to breed
  • * Everett
    • born and bred on the verge of the wilderness
  • To yield or result in.
  • * Milton
    • Lest the place / And my quaint habits breed astonishment.
  • (obsolete) To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated, or to grow, like young before birth.
  • To educate; to instruct; to form by education; to train; sometimes followed by up .
  • * Bishop Burnet
    • No care was taken to breed him a Protestant.
  • * John Locke
    • His farm may not remove his children too far from him, or the trade he breeds them up in.
  • To produce or obtain by any natural process.
  • * John Locke
    • Children would breed their teeth with less danger.
  • To have birth; to be produced or multiplied.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Heavens rain grace / On that which breeds between them.

    Synonyms

    * (take care of in infancy and through childhood) raise, bring up, rear

    Derived terms

    * breeder * breeding * breed in the bone

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • All animals or plants of the same species or subspecies.
    • a breed of tulip
    a breed of animal
  • A race or lineage.
  • (informal) A group of people with shared characteristics.
    • People who were taught classical Greek and Latin at school are a dying breed .

    Anagrams

    * English irregular verbs ----

    standing

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • ; in the process of coming to an upright position.
  • * 1991 ,
    • So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before'' or ''after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Erect, not cut down.
  • Performed from an erect position.
    • standing ovation
  • Remaining in force or status.
    • standing committee
  • Stagnant; not moving or flowing.
    • standing water
  • Not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting.
    • a standing colour
  • Not movable; fixed.
    • a standing bed, distinguished from a trundle-bed
    the standing rigging of a ship

    Translations

    (upright) * German: (trans-mid) * Spanish: (trans-bottom) (permanent) * German: (trans-mid) * Spanish: (trans-bottom) (water) * German: (trans-mid) * Spanish: (trans-bottom)

    Derived terms

    * standing joke * standing order * standing ovation * standing seam * standing wave

    Antonyms

    * (stagnant) moving, working (committees )

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Position or reputation in society or a profession: "He does not have much of a standing as a chemist ".
  • Duration.
    • a member of long standing
  • The act of a person who stands, or a place where someone stands.
    • I will provide you a good standing to see his entry. — Francis Bacon.
    I think in deep mire, where there is no standing . — Psalms lxix. 2.
  • (sports) The position of a team in a league or of a player in a list: "After their last win, their standing went up three places ".
  • (British) room in which to park a vehicle or vehicles
  • * 1992 , P.D. James, The Children of Men , page 28:
    • "There was no garage at Lathbury Road, but we had standing for two cars in front of the house."
  • * 2000 , Bob Breen, Mission Accomplished, East Timor , page 149:
    • "The engineering crisis boiled down to roads, hard standing , and waste."
  • (legal) The right of a party to bring a legal action, based on the relationship between that party and the matter to which the action relates.
    • He may be insulting, a miserable rotter and a fool, but unless he slanders or libels you, or damages your property, you do not have standing to sue him.

    Derived terms

    * class standing * hard standing * good standing

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