Breed and Set

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Breed

Breed noun - A number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common.
Usage example: some people say that honest politicians are a rare breed
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Set is a synonym for breed in society topic. In some cases you can use "Set" instead the word "Breed" as a noun or a verb.
Nearby Words: breeding, breeder

Set

Set noun - One of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic.
Usage example: the next set of job applicants had far more education and practical experience
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Breed is a synonym for set in society topic. Sometimes you can use "Breed" instead the word "Set" as a noun or a verb.
Nearby Words: setup, setting

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How words are described

old old breed old set
good good breed good set
full full breed full set
special special breed special set
Other adjectives: exact, particular, normal, common, specific, certain, separate, original, single, powerful, entire, large, big, wrong, main, next, smaller, alternate, strange, different.

Common collocations

people breed people set people
kind breed kind set kind
way breed way set way

Both words in one sentence

  • Why Am I Ticking? The swamp dragons, the jargon used, and the people who breed them are a spot on caricature of horses and "the horsey set" who breed them.
    Source: Why Am I Ticking?
  • In "A Murder is Announced" a character remarks that she doesn't like dachshunds, not because they're German (the novel was set right after WWII), but that she just never cared for them; the problem is that the Spanish name for that breed is 'Can Inglés'—English Dog.
    Source: Lost in Translation
  • Fortunately this didn't work 100%, as the High Entia royal family somehow learned the truth and set up a Breeding Cult using intermarriages with humans to try and breed out the Telethia genes.
    Source: Evolutionary Stasis
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