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# breeder

«breeder» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who keeps animals or plants so they can have…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a breeder, breeders)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A breeder is a person who keeps animals or plants so they can have young or grow new plants, often to sell them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breeder/#m1)

2) A breeder can be an animal or plant that has young. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breeder/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, families sometimes buy puppies, kittens or rabbits from a breeder, and are told to choose a responsible breeder or adopt from a shelter. In science lessons about inheritance and evolution, breeders choose parents with features they want, like fast horses or big tomatoes; this is called selective breeding. Phrases: «dog breeder», «a good breeder», «plant breeder».

### examples

- We got our puppy from a breeder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breeder/#x1)
- A good breeder lets you meet the puppy's mother. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breeder/#x2)
- The breeder keeps horses on a farm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breeder/#x3)
- Plant breeders made sweeter strawberries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breeder/#x4)
- Choose a responsible breeder or adopt from a shelter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breeder/#x5)
- The breeder sold six kittens. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breeder/#x6)
- The cat breeder showed us the kittens' parents. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breeder/#x7)
- Breeders choose the best animals to have young. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breeder/#x8)
- The eel-breeder was a witty fellow, a merry guest, and brought a measure of brandy with him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breeder/#x9)

### note

Countable: a breeder, breeders. From «breed» (verb) + -er. Related: «breed» as a noun means a type of animal, like «a breed of dog». Selective breeding is done by people; natural selection happens in nature.

### In the corpora

- [Later breeders chose odd shapes too, such as bubble eyes and double tails.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «breeder» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breeder/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.