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brɛdbred
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Bredparticip. pass.
Etymology: from to breed.
Their malice was bred in them, and their cogitation would never be changed. Wisdom, xii. 10.
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A breed is a specific group of domestic animals having homogeneous appearance (phenotype), homogeneous behavior, and/or other characteristics that distinguish it from other organisms of the same species. In literature, there exist several slightly deviating definitions. Breeds are formed through genetic isolation and either natural adaptation to the environment or selective breeding, or a combination of the two. Despite the centrality of the idea of "breeds" to animal husbandry and agriculture, no single, scientifically accepted definition of the term exists.: 340 A breed is therefore not an objective or biologically verifiable classification but is instead a term of art amongst groups of breeders who share a consensus around what qualities make some members of a given species members of a nameable subset.Another point of view is that a breed is consistent enough in type to be logically grouped together and when mated within the group produce the same type. When bred together, individuals of the same breed pass on these predictable traits to their offspring, and this ability – known as "breeding true" – is a requirement for a breed. Plant breeds are more commonly known as cultivars. The offspring produced as a result of breeding animals of one breed with other animals of another breed are known as crossbreeds or mixed breeds. Crosses between animal or plant variants above the level of breed/cultivar (i.e. between species, subspecies, botanical variety, even different genera) are referred to as hybrids.
Webster Dictionary
Bred
imp. & p. p. of Breed
Bred
of Breed
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Bred
bred, pa.t. and pa.p. of Breed.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of bred in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of bred in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of bred in a Sentence
Evelyn Waugh, Work Suspended (1943):
Beavers bred in captivity, inhabiting a concrete pool, will, if given the timber, fatuously go through all the motions of damming and ancestral stream.
That is just the way animals are bred for food, they’re going to pass infections to each other, so they need antibiotics so that they don’t die, so that we have a good source of protein.
We’ve got other guys like Sam Hubbard, defensive end, he was born and bred in Cincinnati … Our punter, Kevin Huber went to [University of] Cincinnati. We drafted Jackson Carman, he’s from Fairfield, Ohio, 45 minutes up the road, there are some cool local ties on this team to the city and the state itself.
It is hard for any one to be an honest politician who is not born and bred a Dissenter.
I find my familiarity with thee has bred contempt.
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