outbreedv.
/ˌaʊtˈbriːd/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈbrid/ (in sense 2)Brit. /ˈaʊtˌbriːd/, U.S. /ˈaʊtˌbrid/ 1. transitive. To breed more quickly or more prolifically than.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > multiply or reproduce [verb (transitive)] > more than
outbreed1888
the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [verb (transitive)] > cross
mella1387
cross-breed1675
mix1740
cross1754
hybridize1845
mongrelize1859
interbreed1865
outbreed1888
back-cross1904
outcross1918
1888 G. B. Shaw Unsocial Socialist xviii. 238 I have always admitted to myself that I should marry again... I..consider it my duty..not to let the individualists outbreed me.
1926 H. Belloc Compan. Wells's Outl. Hist. ii. 24/2 A slightly faster minority of swallows always outlive and outbreed their slower rivals.
1976 K. Bonfiglioli Something Nasty in Woodshed i. 10 Only the sparrow..can outbreed magpies by diddling his mate all the year round.
1993 New Scientist 6 Feb. 10/3 If nothing is done promptly, the white-headed duck could be outbred within a very short period of time.
2. intransitive. Biology. To reproduce by outbreeding.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [verb (intransitive)] > cross
mix1740
cross18..
intercross1859
hybridize1865
outcross1949
outbreed1962
1962 Bot. Gaz. 123 210 Both forms are partially self-incompatible and outbreed by crossing with each other.
1968 Times 23 May 17/4 In the wild it is usually an advantage for plants to outbreed—to reproduce by fertilization with other individuals not themselves.
1987 M. S. Laverack & J. Dando Lect. Notes Invertebr. Zool. (ed. 3) i. 8/2 Species,..generally taken to be a group of individuals able to interbreed freely and produce fertile offspring, which do not outbreed with other groups.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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