bred

Main Entry:: ¹breed
Pronunciation:: \ˈbrēd\
Function:: verb
Inflected Form(s):: bred \ˈbred\; breed·ing
Etymology:: Middle English breden, from Old English brēdan; akin to Old English brōd brood
Date:: before 12th century

transitive verb1: to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation2 a: beget 1 b: produce, engender <despair often breeds violence>3: to propagate (plants or animals) sexually and usually under controlled conditions <bred several strains of corn together to produce a superior variety>4 a: bring up, nurture <born and bred in the country> b: to inculcate by training <breed good manners into one's children>5 a: ⁴mate 3 b: to mate with : inseminate c: impregnate 26: to produce (a fissionable element) by bombarding a nonfissionable element with neutrons from a radioactive elementintransitive verb1 a: to produce offspring by sexual union b: copulate, mate2: to propagate animals or plants

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