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síolraigh — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • breed verb To produce offspring, especially of animals reproducing.
  • propagate verb To spread or pass something on, such as information, a belief, or a disease.

Senses

síolraigh is used for these senses in English:

  • propagate (transitive) To spread from person to person; to extend the knowledge of; to originate and spread; to carry from place to place; to disseminate.
  • propagate (biology, intransitive) To produce young; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants.

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.

propagate — full definition

  1. verb To spread or pass something on, such as information, a belief, or a disease.
  2. verb To breed plants or animals, or cause them to reproduce.
  3. verb Of a wave or signal, to travel or spread through a medium.
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