allevare — meaning in English

English meaning

• breed verb To produce offspring, especially of animals reproducing.
• brood noun A group of young animals, especially birds, hatched or raised together.
• foster verb To raise or care for a child who is not biologically one's own.

Senses

allevare is used for these senses in English:

• breed To produce offspring sexually; to bear young.
• breed (transitive) To keep (animals) and have (them) reproduce in a way that improves the next generation's qualities.
• brood (transitive) To protect (something that is gradually maturing); to foster.
• foster (transitive) To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.

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.

brood — full definition

1. noun A group of young animals, especially birds, hatched or raised together.
2. noun Informal term for the children of one family.
3. verb Of a bird, to sit on eggs to keep them warm until they hatch.
4. verb To dwell unhappily on one's thoughts, often alone.

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