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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hybridize, mix |
| Synonyms: | blend, cross-fertilize, cross-mate, cross-pollinate, crossbreed, interbreed, intercross, mingle, mongrelize |
| Antonyms: | unmix |
| Main Entry: | hybrid |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | composite, mixture |
| Synonyms: | amalgam, bastard, combination, compound, cross, crossbreed, half-blood, half-breed, half-caste, incross, miscegenation, mongrel, mule, outcross |
| Antonyms: | homogeneous, pedigreed, pure, purebred, thoroughbred, unmixed |
| Main Entry: | mate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | marry and breed |
| Synonyms: | cohabit, copulate, couple, crossbreed, generate, join, land*, match, merge, pair, procreate, serve, tie, tie the knot, wed, yoke |
| Antonyms: | abstain, uncouple |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mongrel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | animal of mixed background |
| Synonyms: | bastard, cross, crossbreed, cur, half-blood, half-breed, hybrid, mixed breed, mixture, mule, mutt |
| Main Entry: | pollinate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fertilize |
| Synonyms: | breed, cross-fertilize, crossbreed, pollenate |
| Main Entry: | half blood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sibling sharing one parent |
| Synonyms: | crossbreed, cur, half-bred, half-breed, half-caste, hybrid, mestizo, mixblood, mongrel |
| Main Entry: | half-breed |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mixed creation |
| Synonyms: | amalgam, blend, combination, conglomeration, cross, cross-breed, hodgepodge*, hybrid, medley, miscegnation, mishmash, mule, mutt, mélange |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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