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English

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Etymology

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Inherited fromMiddle Englishbreden, fromOld Englishbrēdan, fromProto-Germanic*brōdijaną(“to brood”), fromProto-Indo-European*bʰreh₁-(“warm”). Cognate withScotsbrede,breid,Saterland Frisianbriede,West Frisianbriede,Low Germanbröden,Dutchbroeden,Germanbrüten.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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breed (third-person singular simple presentbreeds,present participlebreeding,simple past and past participlebred)

  1. To produceoffspringsexually; tobearyoung.
    • 2013 May-June,David Van Tassel,Lee DeHaan, “Wild Plants to the Rescue”, inAmerican Scientist, volume101, number 3:
      Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, and individual plants are highly heterozygous and do notbreed true. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better.
  2. (transitive) Togive birth to; to be thenativeplace of.
    A pondbreeds fish.
    A northern countrybreeds stout men.
  3. (of animals) Tomate.
  4. (transitive) Tokeep (animals) and have (them)reproduce in a way thatimproves the nextgeneration'squalities.
  5. (transitive, often withto orwith) Toarrange themating of (specific animals).
    She wanted tobreed her cow to the neighbor's registered bull.
  6. Topropagate orgrow (plants) in aneffort to give (them) certainqualities.
    He tries tobreed blue roses.
  7. Totake care of ininfancy and throughchildhood; tobring up.
    • a.1701 (date written), John Dryden, “The First Book ofHomer’sIlias”, inThe Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, […], volume IV, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson, […], published1760,→OCLC,page437:
      Ah wretched me! by fates averſe, decreed, / To bring thee forth with pain, with care tobreed!
    • 1859,Edward Everett,An Oration on the Occasion of the Dedication of the Statue of Mr. Webster:
      born andbred on the verge of the wilderness
  8. Toyield orresult in.
    disasterbreeds famine
  9. (obsolete, intransitive) To beformed in theparent ordam; to begenerated or togrow, likeyoung beforebirth.
  10. (sometimes asbreed up) Toeducate; toinstruct; tobring up.
    • a.1716 (date written),[Gilbert] Burnet, edited by[Gilbert Burnet Jr.],Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time. […], volume(please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] Thomas Ward […], published1724,→OCLC:
      No care was taken tobreed him a Protestant.
    • 1691,[John Locke],Some Considerations of the Consequences of the Lowering of Interest, and Raising the Value of Money. […], London: […] Awnsham and John Churchill, […], published1692,→OCLC:
      His farm may not[…] remove his children too far from him, or the trade hebreeds them up in.
  11. Toproduce orobtain by anynaturalprocess.
  12. (intransitive) To havebirth; to beproduced,developed, ormultiplied.
  13. (transitive, slang, vulgar) Toejaculateinside (aperson or abodilyorifice of same); tocreampie.
    • 2018, Cassandra Dee,Paying My Boyfriend's Debt: A Billionaire Bad Boy Romance, Cassandra Dee Romance via PublishDrive
      “God, I love your ass,” he says, his voice almost a growl. “I'm gonnabreed this ass tonight.”
    • 2015, David Holly,The Heart's Eternal Desire, Bold Strokes Books Inc,→ISBN:
      “ Yes,” I said. “You want to fuck me, and I submit to you. My body is yours. Stuff me. Fill me.Breed my ass. Seed me, my love.
    • year unknown, Tymber Dalton,Disorder in the House [Suncoast Society], Siren-BookStrand (→ISBN), page 32:
      “Then...you get...bred.”
    • 2017, Casper Graham,Same Script, Different Cast[Scripts & Lyrics Trilogy], Siren-BookStrand,→ISBN, page41:
      “I can't...can't last, baby.” / “I don't care. Come inside me.Breed me.”
    • 2017, Casper Graham,Nothing Short of a Miracle[Scripts & Lyrics Trilogy], Siren-BookStrand,→ISBN, page19:
      "Are you clean?" he asked. / "Yeah, I get tested recently." / "Perfect.Breed me.”

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Related terms

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Translations

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to sexually produce offspring
of animals, to mate
to keep animals and have them reproduce
to arrange mating of animals
to propagate or grow plants
to take care of in infancy and through childhood
to yield or result in
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Noun

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breed (pluralbreeds)

  1. All animals or plants of the same species or subspecies.
    abreed of tulip
    abreed of animal
  2. Arace orlineage;offspring orissue.
  3. (informal) A group of people with sharedcharacteristics.
    People who were taught classical Greek and Latin at school are a dyingbreed.
  4. (derogatory)Ellipsis ofhalf-breed.

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Translations

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all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies
race or lineage
group of people with shared characteristics

Anagrams

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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FromDutchbreed, fromMiddle Dutchbrêet, fromOld Dutch*brēd, fromProto-West Germanic*braid.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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breed (attributivebreë,comparativebreër,superlativebreedste)

  1. broad

Dutch

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Dutchbrêet, fromOld Dutch*brēd, fromProto-West Germanic*braid, fromProto-Germanic*braidaz.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /breːt/,[breːt],[breɪ̯t],[bʀ-]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation:breed
  • Rhymes:-eːt

Adjective

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breed (comparativebreder,superlativebreedst)

  1. broad,wide
    Antonyms:nauw,smal
  2. large,ample

Declension

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Declension ofbreed
uninflectedbreed
inflectedbrede
comparativebreder
positivecomparativesuperlative
predicative/adverbialbreedbrederhetbreedst
hetbreedste
indefinitem./f. sing.bredebrederebreedste
n. sing.breedbrederbreedste
pluralbredebrederebreedste
definitebredebrederebreedste
partitivebreedsbreders—

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans:breed
  • Berbice Creole Dutch:brete
  • Negerhollands:breed
  • → Caribbean Javanese:bradi(via Sranan Tongo)
  • → West Frisian:breed

Anagrams

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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breed

  1. Alternative form ofbrede(“breadth”)

Etymology 2

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Noun

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breed

  1. Alternative form ofbred(“bread”)

Saterland Frisian

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Etymology

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FromOld Frisianbrēd, fromProto-West Germanic*braid. Cognates includeWest Frisianbrie andGermanbreit.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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breed (masculinebreeden,feminine, plural or definitebreede,comparativebrader,superlativebreedst,braadst)

  1. wide

Antonyms

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  • (antonym(s) of“wide”):smäl

References

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  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “breed”, inSaterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske,→ISBN

West Frisian

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromDutchbreed, displacing olderbrie.

Adjective

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breed

  1. broad,wide

Inflection

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Inflection ofbreed
uninflectedbreed
inflectedbrede
comparativebreder
positivecomparativesuperlative
predicative/adverbialbreedbrederitbreedst
itbreedste
indefinitec. sing.bredebrederebreedste
n. sing.breedbrederbreedste
pluralbredebrederebreedste
definitebredebrederebreedste
partitivebreedsbreders—

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “breed”, inWurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch),2011

Yola

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishbræd, fromOld Englishbrēad, fromProto-Germanic*braudą. Cognates includeEnglishbread andScotsbreid.

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Noun

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breed[1]

  1. bread
    • 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, inTHE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page133, lines9[2]:
      Thar was bacoon and gubbages,breed and kippeens,
      There was bacon and cabbages,bread and kippins,

References

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  1. ^Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor,A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published1867,page28
  2. ^Kathleen A. Browne (1927) “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, inJournal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)‎[1], volume17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
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