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род — meaning in English

rod

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English meaning

  • breed verb To produce offspring, especially of animals reproducing.
  • clan noun A large group of related families claiming descent from a common ancestor.
  • gender noun The state of being male, female, or another identity, often understood as bound up with social roles and personal identity, distinct from biological sex.
  • genus noun A biological classification rank grouping closely related species, sitting below family and above species.
  • kin noun One's relatives, considered together as a group.
  • kindred noun One's relatives, taken collectively; family connections.
  • people noun Human beings in general, or the men, women and children of a particular group, place or nation.
  • race noun A contest to see who is fastest at reaching a goal.
  • stem noun The main stalk of a plant that supports leaves, flowers, or fruit.
  • strain verb To injure a muscle or tendon by overstretching or overusing it.
  • tribe noun A social group made up of related families or clans, often sharing language, culture, and territory.

Senses

род is used for these senses in English:

  • breed A race or lineage; offspring or issue.
  • clan A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain.
  • gens (Ancient Rome, historical) A legally defined unit of Roman society, being a collection of people related through a common ancestor by birth, marriage or adoption, possibly over many generations, and sharing the same nomen gentilicium.
  • kin One or more relatives, such as siblings or cousins, taken collectively.
  • kindred (often, plural only) People of the same ethnic descent, not including speaker; brethren.
  • people A person's ancestors, relatives or family.
  • race A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage.
  • stem A slender supporting member of an individual part of a plant such as a flower or a leaf; also, by analogy, the shaft of a feather.

breed — full definition

  1. verb To produce offspring, especially of animals reproducing.
  2. verb To keep and mate animals deliberately, aiming to produce specific traits in their offspring.
  3. verb To cause or lead to something, especially something negative, over time.
  4. noun A particular type of animal (or occasionally plant) within a species, produced through selective mating.

clan — full definition

  1. noun A large group of related families claiming descent from a common ancestor.
  2. noun Informally, any close-knit group bound by loyalty, such as an extended family or team.

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