bred
simple past tense and past participle of breed.
Words that may be confused with bred
- bread, bred
Words Nearby bred
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How to use bred in a sentence
Secondly, what's with choosing Swift, a 24-year-old born in Pennsylvania and bred in Nashville, to represent NYC?
Both produce some wines good enough to challenge the well-bred conceits of wine makers in Burgundy and Bordeaux.
Napa’s Earthquake Is Not The Only Thing Shaking The Vineyards | Clive Irving | August 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDarci Brown, owner of a car dealership in Greenfield, Mass., has bred dogs as a hobby for 30 years.
The Sleazy War on the Humane Society | Center for Public Integrity | August 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThese exotic animals are kept in small cages and bred over and over again.
Even when bred in captivity, Leahy said breeding facilities are often horrendous, resembling factory farming.
Isabel had a glimpse of a delicate high-bred face set like a panel in a parted curtain.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonShe spoke calmly, with the pleasantly modulated voice of a well-bred Englishwoman.
The Red Year | Louis TracyThe alarms and excursions of the past three weeks were naturally trying to a girl born and bred in a quiet Devon village.
The Red Year | Louis TracyAmong these showy and high-bred soldiers, the hours passed delightfully.
To converse with an entirely uneducated person upon literature, interlarding your remarks with quotations, is ill-bred.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness | Florence Hartley
British Dictionary definitions for bred
/ (brɛd) /
the past tense and past participle of breed
Australian derogatory, slang a person who lives in a small remote place
Origin of bred
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with bred
see born and bred. Also see under breed.
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