1produce a copy of:his works are reproduced on postcards and posters
[no object, with adverbial] be copied with a specified degree of success:you’ll be amazed to see how well half-tones reproduce
produce something very similar to (something else) in a different medium or context:the problems are difficult to reproduce in the laboratory
2(of an organism) produce offspring by a sexual or asexual process:bacteria normally divide and reproduce themselves every twenty minutes [no object]:an individual needs to avoid being eaten until it has reproduced
