Breed
Breed verb - To engage in sexual intercourse.
Usage example: cats breeding outside our window made a horrible racket last night
Mate
Mate verb - To engage in sexual intercourse.
Usage example: cats conceive almost every time they mate
How words are described
| old | old breed | old mate |
| good | good breed | good mate |
| stable | stable breed | stable mate |
| original | original breed | original mate |
| Other adjectives: single, popular, real, male, main, next, higher. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- In a second-hand example, the Protectors from Larry Niven's Known Space stories usually lose the will to live, stop eating, and die if their fertile offspring die or are rendered unable to mate and breed.
Source: Mate or Die - Two slaves are commanded to mate and breed the next generation of slaves.
Source: Porn with Plot -
Needless to say, although they could breed with human men instead, medusae very much wanted one for a mate.
Source: Bizarre Sexual Dimorphism
Cite this Source
Mate and Breed. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/breed/mate
Breed & Mate. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/breed/mate>.
Mate or Breed. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/breed/mate.
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