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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Bred \Bred\,
     imp. & p. p. of Breed.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Bred out, degenerated. ``The strain of man's bred out into
        baboon and monkey.'' --Shak.
  
     Bred to arms. See under Arms.
  
     Well bred.
     (a) Of a good family; having a good pedigree. ``A gentleman
         well bred and of good name.'' --Shak. [Obs., except as
         applied to domestic animals.]
     (b) Well brought up, as shown in having good manners;
         cultivated; refined; polite.
         [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Breed \Breed\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bred; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Breeding.] [OE. breden, AS. br[=e]dan to nourish, cherish,
     keep warm, from br[=o]d brood; akin to D. broeden to brood,
     OHG. bruoten, G. br["u]ten. See Brood.]
     1. To produce as offspring; to bring forth; to bear; to
        procreate; to generate; to beget; to hatch.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Yet every mother breeds not sons alike. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              If the sun breed maggots in a dead dog. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To take care of in infancy, and through the age of youth;
        to bring up; to nurse and foster.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              To bring thee forth with pain, with care to breed.
                                                    --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Born and bred on the verge of the wilderness.
                                                    --Everett.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To educate; to instruct; to form by education; to train;
        -- sometimes followed by up.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              But no care was taken to breed him a Protestant.
                                                    --Bp. Burnet.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              His farm may not remove his children too far from
              him, or the trade he breeds them up in. --Locke.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To engender; to cause; to occasion; to originate; to
        produce; as, to breed a storm; to breed disease.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Lest the place
              And my quaint habits breed astonishment. --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. To give birth to; to be the native place of; as, a pond
        breeds fish; a northern country breeds stout men.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. To raise, as any kind of stock.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     7. To produce or obtain by any natural process. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Children would breed their teeth with less danger.
                                                    --Locke.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: To engender; generate; beget; produce; hatch; originate;
          bring up; nourish; train; instruct.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Bred \Bred\,
     imp. & p. p. of Breed.
  
     Bred out, degenerated. ``The strain of man's bred out into
        baboon and monkey.'' --Shak.
  
     Bred to arms. See under Arms.
  
     Well bred.
     (a) Of a good family; having a good pedigree. ``A gentleman
         well bred and of good name.'' --Shak. [Obs., except as
         applied to domestic animals.]
     (b) Well brought up, as shown in having good manners;
         cultivated; refined; polite.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Breed \Breed\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bred; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Breeding.] [OE. breden, AS. br[=e]dan to nourish, cherish,
     keep warm, from br[=o]d brood; akin to D. broeden to brood,
     OHG. bruoten, G. br["u]ten. See Brood.]
     1. To produce as offspring; to bring forth; to bear; to
        procreate; to generate; to beget; to hatch.
  
              Yet every mother breeds not sons alike. --Shak.
  
              If the sun breed maggots in a dead dog. --Shak.
  
     2. To take care of in infancy, and through the age of youth;
        to bring up; to nurse and foster.
  
              To bring thee forth with pain, with care to breed.
                                                    --Dryden.
  
              Born and bred on the verge of the wilderness.
                                                    --Everett.
  
     3. To educate; to instruct; to form by education; to train;
        -- sometimes followed by up.
  
              But no care was taken to breed him a Protestant.
                                                    --Bp. Burnet.
  
              His farm may not remove his children too far from
              him, or the trade he breeds them up in. --Locke.
  
     4. To engender; to cause; to occasion; to originate; to
        produce; as, to breed a storm; to breed disease.
  
              Lest the place And my quaint habits breed
              astonishment.                         --Milton.
  
     5. To give birth to; to be the native place of; as, a pond
        breeds fish; a northern country breeds stout men.
  
     6. To raise, as any kind of stock.
  
     7. To produce or obtain by any natural process. [Obs.]
  
              Children would breed their teeth with less danger.
                                                    --Locke.
  
     Syn: To engender; generate; beget; produce; hatch; originate;
          bring up; nourish; train; instruct.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  breed
       n 1: a special lineage; "a breed of Americans"
       2: a special variety of domesticated animals within a species;
          "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he
          created a new strain of sheep" [syn: strain, stock]
       3: half-caste offspring of parents of different races
          (especially of white and Indian parents) [syn: half-breed]
       4: a lineage or race of people [syn: strain]
       v 1: call forth [syn: engender, spawn]
       2: copulate with a female, used especially of horses; "The
          horse covers the mare" [syn: cover]
       3: of plants or animals; "She breeds dogs"
       4: have young (animals); "pandas rarely breed in captivity"
          [syn: multiply]
       [also: bred]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  bred
       See breed

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  bred
     Danish a.
     broad, wide
     Danish n.
     1 shore
     2 bank
     Manx vb.
     to hackle
     Norwegian Bokmål a.
     (l en wide), (l en broad)
     Old Frisian a.
     broad, wide
     Swedish a.
     broad, wide; having great width
     Swedish vb.
     (verb form of sv breda  imp)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  bred
     vb.
     (infl of en breed  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  bred
     Middle English alt.
     1 (senseid enm bread) (l en bread), pastry
     2 variety of bread
     3 food, nourishment
     4 livelihood, sustenance
     Middle English n.
     1 (senseid enm bread) (l en bread), pastry
     2 variety of bread
     3 food, nourishment
     4 livelihood, sustenance
     Middle English vb.
     (alt form enm breden t=to breed id=to breed)
     Norwegian Bokmål a.
     (l en wide), (l en broad)
     Old Frisian a.
     broad, wide
     Swedish a.
     broad, wide; having great width
     Swedish vb.
     (verb form of sv breda  imp)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  bred
     Middle English alt.
     1 (senseid enm bread) (l en bread), pastry
     2 variety of bread
     3 food, nourishment
     4 livelihood, sustenance
     Middle English n.
     1 (senseid enm bread) (l en bread), pastry
     2 variety of bread
     3 food, nourishment
     4 livelihood, sustenance
     Middle English vb.
     (alt form enm breden t=to breed id=to breed)
     Norwegian Bokmål a.
     (l en wide), (l en broad)
     Old Frisian a.
     broad, wide
     Swedish a.
     broad, wide; having great width
     Swedish vb.
     (verb form of sv breda  imp)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  bred
     Norja a.
     leveä
     Ruotsi a.
     leveä

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  bred
     Danska a.
     #Svenska
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en breed ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb breed)

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]

  bred
     a.
     1 som sträcker sig långt i en dimension, särskilt längs marken; som
  har hög bredd
     2 som tar upp eller behandlar många olika ämnen; som har hög bredd
     vb.
     (böjning sv verb breda)

From Breton-French FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.8.3 :   [ freedict:bre-fra ]

  bred 
  psychisme

From Breton-French FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.8.3 :   [ freedict:bre-fra ]

   (-b.) bred
  psychique adj.

From Danish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:dan-eng ]

  bred /bɐ̯ˈɛð/
  broad

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Bred /bɹˈɛd/
  تكاثر

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  bred /bɹˈɛd/ 
  šlechtěný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  bred /bɹˈɛd/ 
  chovaný

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  breed /bɹˈiːd/ (bred /bɹˈɛd/ <>, bred /bɹˈɛd/ <>) 
  züchten 
        "he/she breeds"  - er/sie züchtet
   see: breeding, bred, breed dogs
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  bred /bɹˈɛd/
  gezüchtet
        "I/he/she bred"  - ich/er/sie züchtete
        "he/she has/had bred"  - er/sie hat/hatte gezüchtet
   see: breed, breeding, breed dogs
  

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  bred /bɹˈɛd/
  1. (bak.) breed bred out dejenere olmuş, cinsi karışmış. ill-bred  terbiye görmemiş .well-bred  iyi terbiye görmüş.

From Svenska-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-bul ]

  bred /brˈeːd/ 
  широк
  sträcker sig långt

From Svenska-Deutsch FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-deu ]

  bred /brˈeːd/ 
  breit 2.
  sträcker sig långt
   3.
  som tar upp eller behandlar många olika ämnen

From Svenska-ελληνικά FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-ell ]

  bred /brˈeːd/ 
  ευρύς 2.
  sträcker sig långt
   3.
  som tar upp eller behandlar många olika ämnen

From Svenska-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-fin ]

  bred /brˈeːd/ 
  1. laaja
  som tar upp eller behandlar många olika ämnen
  2. leveä
  sträcker sig långt

From Svenska-italiano FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-ita ]

  bred /brˈeːd/ 
  largo, ampio
  sträcker sig långt

From Svenska-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-jpn ]

  bred /brˈeːd/ 
  広い, 幅
  sträcker sig långt

From Svenska-latine FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-lat ]

  bred /brˈeːd/ 
  latus
  sträcker sig långt

From Svenska-Nederlands FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-nld ]

  bred /brˈeːd/ 
  breed
  sträcker sig långt

From Svenska-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-nor ]

  bred /brˈeːd/ 
  bred, brei
  sträcker sig långt

From Svenska-português FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-por ]

  bred /brˈeːd/ 
  largo
  sträcker sig långt

From Svenska-Русский FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-rus ]

  bred /brˈeːd/ 
  широкий
  sträcker sig långt

From Svenska-Türkçe FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-tur ]

  bred /brˈeːd/ 
  geniş 2.
  sträcker sig långt
   3.
  som tar upp eller behandlar många olika ämnen

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈbɹɛd/

From IPA:jam :   [ IPA:jam ]

  

/bɹed/

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  breed 的过去式(分词)

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vbl. breed的过去式和过去分词

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