Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • intransitive verb To breed with individuals of another species, subspecies, or variety; crossbreed.
  • intransitive verb To breed regularly with others of the same kind.
  • intransitive verb To cause to interbreed.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To breed by crossing species or varieties; cross-breed.
  • To practise cross-breeding, as a farmer.
  • To procreate with an animal of a different variety or species: as, hens and pheasants interbreed.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • verb To breed by crossing different stocks of animals or plants.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To breed or reproduce within a isolated community.
  • verb To breed or reproduce within a heterogenous community, the products of which produce hybrids.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties

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Examples

  • And indeed there is, since many cannot interbreed, which is one of the defining aspects of a species.

    Lauri Lebo blog and the End of the World - The Panda's Thumb 2010

  • Anyway, I'm one of the inbreed, were a little less powerful to the interbreed, and of course, because this is a super hero type dream the interbreed are the bad guys.

    [Help] Most Recent Posts 2009

  • Anyway, I'm one of the inbreed, were a little less powerful to the interbreed, and of course, because this is a super hero type dream the interbreed are the bad guys.

    [Help] Most Recent Posts 2009

  • As a woman who grew up in a lacrosse town on Long Island, attended Maryland and worked the men's lacrosse team, this idea that they "interbreed" is ridiculous.

    Politics Daily Jamie Stiehm 2010

  • Or worse, by eating genetically engineered "Frankenfish" that could escape through torn nets and interbreed with the wild fish stocks, are we doing more harm than good to our bodies and the earth?

    Mark Hyman, MD: Wild Fish? Farmed Fish? What Should We Eat? MD Mark Hyman 2011

  • Or worse, by eating genetically engineered "Frankenfish" that could escape through torn nets and interbreed with the wild fish stocks, are we doing more harm than good to our bodies and the earth?

    Mark Hyman, MD: Wild Fish? Farmed Fish? What Should We Eat? MD Mark Hyman 2011

  • In a weird duplication of manifest destiny, the white folks (plus assimilates without a culture of their own) are now going to educate, civilize, interbreed with, and take control of the indigenes.

    Mind Meld Make-Up Test with Geoff Ryman 2009

  • Or worse, by eating genetically engineered "Frankenfish" that could escape through torn nets and interbreed with the wild fish stocks, are we doing more harm than good to our bodies and the earth?

    Mark Hyman, MD: Wild Fish? Farmed Fish? What Should We Eat? MD Mark Hyman 2011

  • Or worse, by eating genetically engineered "Frankenfish" that could escape through torn nets and interbreed with the wild fish stocks, are we doing more harm than good to our bodies and the earth?

    Mark Hyman, MD: Wild Fish? Farmed Fish? What Should We Eat? MD Mark Hyman 2011

  • Or worse, by eating genetically engineered "Frankenfish" that could escape through torn nets and interbreed with the wild fish stocks, are we doing more harm than good to our bodies and the earth?

    Mark Hyman, MD: Wild Fish? Farmed Fish? What Should We Eat? MD Mark Hyman 2011

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