breed

Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, and individual plants are highly heterozygous and do not breed true. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better.

a pond breeds fish; a northern country breeds stout men

She wanted to breed her cow to the neighbor's registered bull.

He tries to breed blue roses.

Ah wretched me! by fates averſe, decreed, / To bring thee forth with pain, with care to breed!

disaster breeds famine; familiarity breeds contempt

No care was taken to breed him a Protestant.

Children would breed their teeth with much less danger.

Fair encounter

Of two most rare affections! Heavens rain grace

On that which breed between 'em!

“God, I love your ass,” he says, his voice almost a growl. “I'm gonna breed this ass tonight.”