crossbreed

[kraws-breed, kros-]

verb (used with object)

crossbred, crossbreeding 

1. to produce (a hybrid); hybridize.

verb (used without object)

crossbred, crossbreeding 

1. to undertake or engage in hybridizing; hybridize.

noun

1. an animal or group of animals produced by hybridization; hybrid.

crossbreed

/ ˈkrɒsˌbriːd /

verb

1. Also: interbreed. to breed (animals or plants) using parents of different races, varieties, breeds, etc

noun

1. the offspring produced by such a breeding

crossbreed

1. To produce a hybrid animal or plant by breeding two animals or two plants of different species or varieties. For example, crossbreeding a male donkey with a female horse will produce a mule.

1. An animal or a plant produced by breeding two animals or plants of different species or varieties; a hybrid.

Word History and Origins

Origin of crossbreed¹

First recorded in 1665–75; cross- + breed

Example Sentences

Ana Paun had gone to the shops with her older sister in the Bordesley Green area of the city when a dog - an American XL bully and Staffordshire bull terrier crossbreed - attacked.

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Large commercial rewards have been reaped from these crossbred literary partnerships.

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I am personally drawn to the most anxious among the herd — Cowboy — a crossbreed who holds his head in rigid panic, hair long and straight as a Long Beach girl’s.

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In the 1950s, Crufts became an obedience championship show for the first time, and working sheepdogs were entered, becoming the first crossbreeds to compete.

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This is a weaker attempt to crossbreed the classic Universal monsters with contemporary anxieties: a post-pandemic lockdown lament about the impossibility of protecting children from fear.

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Related Words

• hybridize 
• interbreed 
• mix