The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - breed n.

1) kind, sort, type, variety, species; race, lineage, stock, family, strain: What breed of dog won at Crufts this year? --v. 2) produce, generate, bring forth, create, engender, hatch, beget, give rise to, develop, cause: The cheese is so old it's breeding maggots. Familiarity breeds contempt. 3) raise, rear, cultivate, propagate: Charollais cattle are widely bred in Europe today. 4) arise, originate, appear; develop, grow, increase, multiply: The sergeant allowed discontent and jealousy to breed within his platoon.