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bred - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
noun An obsolete spelling of bread .
noun A simplified spelling of bread .
noun Preterit and past participle of breed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
imp. & p. p. of breed .
degenerated.
See under Arms .
[Obs., except as applied to domestic animals.] Well brought up, as shown in having good manners; cultivated; refined; polite.
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
verb Simple past tense and past participle of breed .
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Let the progeny of these be bred to another _pure bred_ male of the same breed, but as distantly related to the first as may be.
The Principles of Breeding or, Glimpses at the Physiological Laws involved in the Reproduction and Improvement of Domestic Animals S. L. Goodale
**poorz sum flavored kawfee an noms sum punkin bred , den sum zookanennee bred, den sum karotz bred* Yum!
lifeguard kitteh is on duty and - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
On the third day, Mr. Borba would match us against four cows that were bred from the same stock as full-grown fighting bulls.
Matador for a Day 2010
Democrats are racist, gun toting, in bred trailer trash just like the liberal Democrats have been saying the Tea Party people are.
Disgruntled Democrats join the Tea Party 2010
Whisky drinking, racist, sister dating in bred morons rarley share vakues with many goawaymongers
Schneider: Majority in Kentucky say Obama doesn't share values 2008
And before long the water has been so muddied that those who desire to discuss this factually and intelligently end up spending all their constructive time fighting straw men bred from the metastasizing erroneous narrative presented in the first place!!!
Think Progress » Key Fact In National Review’s Global Warming Article Is ‘Completely Wrong’ 2006
And before long the water has been so muddied that those who desire to discuss this factually and intelligently end up spending all their constructive time fighting straw men bred from the metastasizing erroneous narrative presented in the first place!!!
Think Progress » Key Fact In National Review’s Global Warming Article Is ‘Completely Wrong’ 2006
He was the typical "shirker" and "loafer," while other men worked; the parasite bred from the sweat of the poor; the soft, effeminate creature who had never faced the facts of life and never would.
England's Effort: Letters to an American Friend 1916
Sixteen hundred residents to the acre they average in this part of the town, buzzing and humming like the unreckonable myriads insects bred from the fecund slime of a marsh.
In Seven Stages: A Flying Trip Around the World 1891
Because I was mountain bred , unallied to the noble and wealthy, shall he think to repay me by an empty name and station?
I.9 1826
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