All crossbreed synonyms
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C c verb crossbreed
- fertilize β Biology. to render (the female gamete) capable of development by uniting it with the male gamete. to fecundate or impregnate (an animal or plant).
- mingle β to become mixed, blended, or united.
- blend β If you blend substances together or if they blend, you mix them together so that they become one substance.
- interbreed β to crossbreed (a plant or animal).
- mongrelize β to subject (a breed, group, etc.) to crossbreeding, especially with one considered inferior.
- cross-fertilize β to subject or be subjected to cross-fertilization
- cross-pollinate β to subject or be subjected to cross-pollination
- land β Edwin Herbert, 1909β91, U.S. inventor and businessman: created the Polaroid camera.
- join β to bring in contact, connect, or bring or put together: to join hands; to join pages with a staple.
- copulate β If one animal or person copulates with another, they have sex. You can also say that two animals or people copulate.
- couple β If you refer to a couple of people or things, you mean two or approximately two of them, although the exact number is not important or you are not sure of it.
- wed β to marry (another person) in a formal ceremony.
- serve β to act as a servant.
- procreate β to beget or generate (offspring).
- merge β to cause to combine or coalesce; unite.
- yoke β a device for joining together a pair of draft animals, especially oxen, usually consisting of a crosspiece with two bow-shaped pieces, each enclosing the head of an animal. Compare harness (def 1).
- pair β two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together: a pair of gloves; a pair of earrings.
- tie β to bind, fasten, or attach with a cord, string, or the like, drawn together and knotted: to tie a tin can on a dog's tail.
- generate β to bring into existence; cause to be; produce.
- match β a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect.
- cohabit β If two people are cohabiting, they are living together and have a sexual relationship, but are not married.
- breed β A breed of a pet animal or farm animal is a particular type of it. For example, terriers are a breed of dog.
- hybridize β to cause to produce hybrids; cross.
- hybridise β to cause to produce hybrids; cross.
- mix β to combine (substances, elements, things, etc.) into one mass, collection, or assemblage, generally with a thorough blending of the constituents.
- fertilise β Biology. to render (the female gamete) capable of development by uniting it with the male gamete. to fecundate or impregnate (an animal or plant).
- intercross β to cross one with another; place across each other.
noun crossbreed
- combination β A combination of things is a mixture of them.
- amalgam β Something that is an amalgam of two or more things is a mixture of them.
- hybrid β the offspring of two animals or plants of different breeds, varieties, species, or genera, especially as produced through human manipulation for specific genetic characteristics.
- mongrel β a dog of mixed or indeterminate breed.
- mutt β a dog, especially a mongrel.
- bastard β Bastard is an insulting word which some people use about a person, especially a man, who has behaved very badly.
- cross β If you cross something such as a room, a road, or an area of land or water, you move or travel to the other side of it. If you cross to a place, you move or travel over a room, road, or area of land or water in order to reach that place.
- compound β A compound is an enclosed area of land that is used for a particular purpose.
- half-breed β a contemptuous term used to refer to the offspring of parents of different racial origin, especially the offspring of an American Indian and a white person of European descent.
- miscegenation β marriage or cohabitation between two people from different racial groups, especially, in the U.S., between a black person and a white person: In 1968 the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that state laws prohibiting miscegenation were unconstitutional.
- half-caste β a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of mixed racial or ethnic descent.
- mule β a lounging slipper that covers the toes and instep or only the instep.
- mixture β a product of mixing.
- cur β A cur is an unfriendly dog, especially a mongrel.
- hodgepodge β a heterogeneous mixture; jumble.
- mishmash β a confused mess; hodgepodge; jumble.
- medley β a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble.
- conglomeration β A conglomeration of things is a group of many different things, gathered together.
- composite β A composite object or item is made up of several different things, parts, or substances.
- half-blood β the relation between persons having only one common parent.
- incross β a mating between organisms that are both homozygous for the same allele.
- outcross β to cross (animals or plants) by breeding individuals of different strains but, usually, of the same breed.