blood vs breed

blood

noun
  • A friend or acquaintance, especially one who is black and male. 

  • A blood test or blood sample. 

  • Temper of mind; disposition; mood 

  • Bloodshed. 

  • The juice of anything, especially if red. 

  • A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates, it is colored red by hemoglobin, is conveyed by arteries and veins, is pumped by the heart and is usually generated in bone marrow. 

  • One of the four humours in the human body. 

  • A blood horse, one of good pedigree. 

  • The sap or juice which flows in or from plants. 

  • A family relationship due to birth, such as that between siblings; contrasted with relationships due to marriage or adoption (see blood relative, blood relation, by blood). 

verb
  • To cause something to be covered with blood; to bloody. 

  • To let blood (from); to bleed. 

  • To initiate into warfare or a blood sport, traditionally by smearing with the blood of the first kill witnessed. 

breed

noun
  • A group of people with shared characteristics. 

  • A race or lineage; offspring or issue. 

  • All animals or plants of the same species or subspecies. 

verb
  • To produce offspring sexually; to bear young. 

  • To arrange the mating of specific animals. 

  • To produce or obtain by any natural process. 

  • To have birth; to be produced, developed or multiplied. 

  • To yield or result in. 

  • To ejaculate inside; to attempt to impregnate. 

  • Of animals, to mate. 

  • To take care of in infancy and through childhood; to bring up. 

  • To propagate or grow plants trying to give them certain qualities. 

  • To give birth to; to be the native place of. 

  • To educate; to instruct; to bring up 

  • To keep animals and have them reproduce in a way that improves the next generation’s qualities. 

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