breed1 verbbreed2 noun
breedbreed1 /briːd/ ●●○ verb (past tense and past participle bred /bred/) 
WORD ORIGINbreed1
Origin:
Old English bredanVERB TABLE
breed
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | breed |
| he, she, it | breeds | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | bred |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have bred |
| he, she, it | has bred | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had bred |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will breed |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have bred |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am breeding |
| he, she, it | is breeding | |
| you, we, they | are breeding | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was breeding |
| you, we, they | were breeding | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been breeding |
| he, she, it | has been breeding | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been breeding |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be breeding |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been breeding |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Only some endangered animals can be bred in zoos.
- Rabbits breed very quickly.
- The music became a fixture on urban radio in the '80s and bred a generation of fans.
- These trees are bred to resist pollution.
- This is a pond where ducks breed.
- Another trouble with politics, it breeds politics.
- But success in this world seems to breed envy which, in its turn, can breed hostility.
- Decomposing waste and disease-carrying bacteria compete with the fish for oxygen, limiting the number of fish that can be bred.
- The planned deregulation has bred concern that Petron will face stiffer competition and an erosion of its 42 percent market share.
- There are lots of them out there and, apparently, they breed like Kennedys.
Longman Language Activatorthe process of people or animals producing babies
· These insects have two different methods of reproduction.· Dr Weiss's research has focused mostly on human reproduction.· Evolution depends absolutely on the survival and reproduction of the species.
to produce babies - use this especially to talk about the method by which this is done or the rate at which it happens: · People have a natural instinct to both reproduce and to care for their young.· Jellyfish reproduce by releasing eggs and sperm into the sea.
if animals breed , they produce babies: · Rabbits breed very quickly.
WORD SETSagrarian, adjectiveagribusiness, nounagro-, prefixagro-industry, nounanimal husbandry, nounanimal rights, nounartificial insemination, nounbale, nounbale, verbbarn, nounbarnyard, nounbattery, nounbiotechnology, nounbreadbasket, nounbreed, verbbreeding, nounbroiler, nounbroiler chicken, nounBSE, nounbuckaroo, nounbull, nounbutcher, verbbyre, nouncapon, nouncattleman, nouncattle market, nouncattle prod, nounchaff, nounchicken, nounchicken run, nouncollective farm, nouncoop, nounco-op, nouncorral, nouncorral, verbcowboy, nouncowgirl, nouncowhand, nouncowpoke, nouncreamery, nouncroft, nouncrofter, nouncrofting, nouncultivate, verbcultivation, noundairy, noundairy cattle, noundairy farm, noundairymaid, noundairyman, nounDDT, noundip, verbdip, noundirt farmer, noundrover, noundry-stone wall, noundude ranch, nounDutch barn, nounextensive agriculture, factory farming, nounfallow, adjectivefarm, nounfarm, verbfarmer, nounfarmhand, nounfarmhouse, nounfarming, nounfarmland, nounfarmstead, nounfarmyard, nounfeedstock, nounfield, nounfishery, nounfish farm, nounfish meal, nounflail, verbflail, nounfleece, nounfodder, nounfold, nounfoot and mouth disease, nounforage, nounfowl, nounfree-range, adjectivefungicide, noungamekeeper, noungeld, verbgenetically modified, adjectivegentleman farmer, nounGM, adjectivegoatherd, noungraft, noungraft, verbgranary, noungreenhouse, noungreen revolution, nounGreen Revolution, nounhacienda, nounharrow, nounhatchery, nounhayloft, nounhaymaking, nounhaystack, nounheifer, nounhen house, nounherbicide, nounherd, nounherd, verbherdsman, nounhigh-yield, adjectivehired hand, nounhomestead, nounhomestead, verbhopper, nounhorticulture, nounhusbandry, nounhutch, nouninsecticide, nounintensive agriculture, irrigate, verbJersey, nounkibbutz, nounlamb, verbland agent, nounlasso, nounlasso, verblift, verblitter, nounlivestock, nounlonghorn, nounmad cow disease, nounmanure, nounmeat, nounmerino, nounmilk, nounmilk churn, nounmilking machine, nounmilking parlour, nounmilkmaid, nounmixed farming, nounmower, nounmuck, nounmuckheap, nounnursery, nounoast house, nounorangery, nounorchard, nounorganic, adjectiveorganic farming, paddock, nounpaddy, nounpasturage, nounpasture, nounpasture, verbpastureland, nounpen, nounperpendicular, adjectivepest, nounpesticide, nounpiggery, nounpigpen, nounpigsty, nounpigswill, nounpitchfork, nounplantation, nounplanter, nounplough, nounplough, verbploughboy, nounploughman, nounploughshare, nounpoultry, nounproducer, nounpullet, nounPYO, raise, verbranch, nounrancher, nounranching, nounrange, nounranger, nounrear, verbrick, nounrubber, nounrun, nounrustle, verbscarecrow, nounscythe, nounsharecropper, nounshare-cropper, nounshear, verbshearer, nounsheep-dip, nounsheepdog, nounsheep-pen, nounshepherd, nounshepherdess, nounsickle, nounsilage, nounsilo, nounslaughter, verbslaughterhouse, nounsmallholding, nounsow, verbsow, nounsprayer, nounstable, nounstable, verbstable boy, nounstall, nounstation, nounsteer, nounstock, nounstockbreeder, nounstockman, nounstockyard, nounstubble, nounsty, nounswill, nounswine, nounswineherd, nountenant farmer, nounterrace, nounthresh, verbthreshing machine, nountractor, nountrough, nountruck farm, nountrue, adverbudder, nounvillein, nounvineyard, nounweedkiller, nounweevil, nounwheat, nounwheatgerm, nounwheatmeal, nounwinnow, verbwool, nounwrangler, nounyoke, nounyoke, verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Women who enjoy baking are a dying breed.
(=used to say that if you know someone very well, you may respect them less)
(=a type of dog)· It is one of the most fashionable breeds of dog.
Women who enjoy baking are a dying breed.· He has been breeding tropical fish for many years.
(=cause it)· These misunderstandings had bred resentment.
(=for keeping or breeding fish in)
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· The number found breeding successfully in any year is small compared to the total population, for example only 20-25 pairs in 1971.· Possibly they are birds which have failed to breed successfully and have assembled here to moult.· Many species of tropical freshwater, marine and coldwater fish are being successfully bred by fishkeepers all over the world.· Tropical marine invertebrates, unlike marine fish which are notoriously difficult to successfully breed in captivity, are far more accommodating.· Enclaves of this non-dispersing animal can only survive where the adults can breed successfully.· Peter and Webster were bred successfully at the start of this year.· Although they have bred successfully once, they are still nervous.· Peregrines last bred successfully in 1957, and are now only winter visitors and passage migrants.
NOUN· However, breeders have been taking steps to reduce calving problems and also to breed longer, taller animals.· Depending on circumstances it may be more effective to either purchase animals from a commercial breeder or to breed one's own animals.· If animals are used on a more regular basis there may be advantages in breeding the animals.· To breed from an animal obese just because it ate well is a waste of time.· Dozens of the rhesus macaque monkeys have been sold to a firm which breeds animals for medical research.· As a result, to breed from animals or crops desirable for one reason often leads to failure in another part.· Pharmaceutical companies and medical researchers breed their own animals, but demand always exceeds supply and extremely high prices are paid.
· We fixed red clay pots to the sides to encourage the birds to breed.· In this country there are nearly three hundred birds being bred on farms and it's increasing.· What other birds breed on Spurn?· There is not a chance of going unobtrusively through any area where these birds are breeding!· The number of bird species spotted breeding in the area has reached 180.· Being strongly territorial they have less need for this when compared with birds breeding in tightly packed colonies.
· Adults are easy to keep in aquaria for they rarely climb out if well-treated, and will breed freely in captivity.· Given optimum conditions, Oscars will breed in captivity, but sexing is difficult.· Few fishkeepers for whatever reason, seem interested in attempting to breed this cichlid in captivity.· Many attempts have been made to breed them in captivity, however, there are flaws in this idea.· To date it does not appear that this species has been bred in captivity.· Tropical marine invertebrates, unlike marine fish which are notoriously difficult to successfully breed in captivity, are far more accommodating.· Many campaigners feel that chimps for scientific purposes should be bred in captivity, to avoid draining the wild resources.
· It also ensures that omissions are not made simply because you have dictated the letter so often that familiarity has bred contempt.· The United States has usually been an exception to the rule that familiarity breeds contempt.· For them, familiarity has bred contempt.· By then we had evolved beyond the comforting comedy of repeated formulas, where familiarity bred content.· I see them every day and familiarity doesn't breed contempt so much as disgust in me.· A major difficulty with such a test is that familiarity may breed tolerance rather than contempt.
· The first food I use is infusoria prepared prior to breeding the fish.
· With a wild surmise, 1 began to breed, generation after generation, from whichever child looked most like an insect.· It bred a new generation of workers with no memory of mass unemployment.· To answer this it is necessary to breed the next generation, called the F2 generation.
· One or two pairs breed in coastal marshes.· An estimated 50,000 pairs of kittiwakes breed at Bempton and thousands more breed elsewhere on Flamborough Head.· However, single pairs breed regularly at the Cuckmere estuary and about 12 pairs do so between Rye and the Midrips.· You can even let newly-established pairs breed in the community tank at the outset.· Other breeding season records, however, indicate that between five and 10 pairs probably breed in most years.
· The breeding range of island species is small and therefore vulnerable, and the species themselves may be quite primitive.· Another example is breeding endangered species in zoos.
· These are bred with original stock, or its offspring.· Entire shoals are surrounded by nets and sucked in for processing and freezing, leaving nothing left to breed and replenish stocks.· Wild specimens should also be bred with domesticated stock to introduce new bloodlines.· Hall's main pay cheque comes from selling lambs which go to the lowlands as breeding stock.
· Just as failure often follows failure, success breeds success.· Investors are only human. Success breeds self-confidence and imitation.· In slimming, success tends to breed success and viceversa.· The irony is that our very success seems to breed more extremism in the environmental community and greater detachment from reality.· Now I have seen a huge shift in that attitude. Success breeds success.· But success breeds replication and good examples of provision soon spread to other centres.
· You can even let newly-established pairs breed in the community tank at the outset.· Wild Angels have bred in the tank quite happily on numerous occasions.
VERB· David MacKinlay was a Lewisach born and bred, educated at Stornoway who made good in the outside world.· I must say this openly: d'Aubigny I liked immediately, a gentleman born and bred, a true courtier like myself.· He was a Cambridge man born and bred.· He had been born and bred on the river, but had never seen anything like it before.· I was born and bred and grew up in Rossendale Valley and left at the age of 27.· Ian was born and bred in Gloucester.· Malcolm Bevan was born and bred in Soudley.· Now, I tell you this, I am a rogue born and bred.
· Bill got the orchid bug from an old neighbour who encouraged him to to start breeding the plants.· Eagles start to breed in their fifth year.· The migrants waste no time in starting to breed.· By this means we showed that males at Llandrindod tend to start breeding a year younger than females.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1[intransitive] if animals breed, they mate in order to have babies: - Meyer's a Texan, born and bred.
- David MacKinlay was a Lewisach born and bred, educated at Stornoway who made good in the outside world.
- He had been born and bred on the river, but had never seen anything like it before.
- He was a Cambridge man born and bred.
- I must say this openly: d'Aubigny I liked immediately, a gentleman born and bred, a true courtier like myself.
- I was born and bred and grew up in Rossendale Valley and left at the age of 27.
- Mr Waigel is a Bavarian born and bred who has little love for Bonn but none at all for the former Prussian capital.
- Mum Ann, east Belfast born and bred, is hoping her boy helps the Glens to victory.
- They were an ordinary family, all born and bred locally, but their relationship with Alexander was both friendly and relaxed.
- Perhaps familiarity breeds contempt - among teachers as well as children.
- The first is that familiarity breeds contempt.
- The United States has usually been an exception to the rule that familiarity breeds contempt.
- His inspiration fell on fertile ground, prepared by endless repetition.
- On their arrival at the breeding grounds, male pied flycatchers find a suitable nesting site.
- The position required no athletic ability, but traditionally has served as a proving ground for Mississippi politicians.
- The race, the breeding ground, might be missed, both in sporting and traditional terms, should it cease.
- The unhygienic conditions of a stable were a breeding ground for all manner of disease and bacteria hazardous to a newborn.
- There are 22 events per year, and tracks range from Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground tote Mans.
- Where scum settles on wetted surfaces in kitchens, it creates an ideal breeding ground for bacteria.
Eagles breed during the cooler months of the year.2[transitive] to keep animals or plants in order to produce babies or new plants, especially ones with particular qualities: These dogs were originally bred in Scotland to round up sheep. → crossbreed1, purebred, thoroughbred3[transitive] to cause a particular feeling or condition: Poor living conditions breed violence and despair.4[transitive] if a place, situation, or thing breeds a particular type of person, it produces that type: Society’s obsession with sex has bred a generation of unhappy children. → well-bred, → born and bred at born1(3)breed1 verbbreed2 noun
breedbreed2 ●●○ noun [countable] EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Birds make nests in preparation for breeding.
- It's a very unusual breed of goat, dating back to the time of Cleopatra.
- Most dairy herds today are of Friesian or Holstein breeds.
- Spaniels are my favorite breed of dog.
- What breed of dog is that? I've never seen one like it before.
- A breed of men to whom truth was open not just to minor revisions and nice distinctions, but to management.
- As mentioned earlier, there is some connection between temperament and factors such as build, colour, breed etc.
- Now a new breed of scientists is changing all that.
- Shaffer is one of the new breed of wunderkind chefs.
- Some short-haired breeds have guard hairs that are less than 2 inches in length, sparse awn hairs and no down hairs.
- That said, do not be fooled into thinking that the Internet-only breed will automatically offer higher rates.
- The hippies have proved a sturdier breed than most.
Longman Language Activatora type of plant or animal
a group of animals or plants that are all similar and can breed together to produce young animals or plants of the same type: species of: · There are over forty species of bird living on the island.· Scientists have discovered a new species of Eucalyptus tree.endangered species (=one that might not exist for much longer): · The giant panda is an endangered species. There are fewer than a thousand living in the wild.
a type of animal, especially one that has been developed by man, such as a dog, cat, or a farm animal: · Most dairy herds today are of Friesian or Holstein breeds.breed of: · What breed of dog is that? I've never seen one like it before.· It's a very unusual breed of goat, dating back to the time of Cleopatra.
a type of plant or animal that is different from another similar type: · South American growers use the best US seed varieties.variety of: · This is a new variety of apple; we're selling it for the first time.· It may be possible to create varieties of fish that have resistance to common diseases.
a type of plant, animal, bacteria etc that has one particular feature that makes it different from others of the same type - use this in scientific or technical contexts: strain of: · A pure-bred strain of barley is required in the production of this whisky.· A particularly hardy strain of the virus can make you ill for over a week.
WORD SETSaerobic, adjectiveafterbirth, nounalgae, nounalimentary canal, nounamber, nounameba, nounamino acid, nounamoeba, nounanaconda, nounanaerobic, adjectiveandrogynous, adjectiveantibody, nounantigen, nounantitoxin, nounappendage, nounarm, nounarmour, nounasexual, adjectiveassimilation, nounatrophy, verbaviary, nounbacteria, nounbacteriology, nounbarnacle, nounbile, nounbinocular vision, nounbio-, prefixbiochemistry, nounbiodegradable, adjectivebiodiversity, nounbiohazard, nounbiological, adjectivebiological clock, nounbiology, nounbiomass, nounbiome, nounbiosphere, nounblind, nounbrain, nounbreathe, verbbreed, verbbreed, nounbreeding, nounbristle, nounbulb, nouncapsule, nouncarbohydrate, nouncarbon dioxide, nouncarnivore, nouncell, nouncellular, adjectivecellulose, nouncentral nervous system, nouncervical, adjectivecholesterol, nounchromosome, nouncirculation, nouncirculatory, adjectiveclass, nounclone, nouncold-blooded, adjectiveconceive, verbconch, nounconnective tissue, nouncopulate, verbcoral reef, nouncornea, nouncoronary, adjectivecorpuscle, nouncortex, nouncortisone, nouncowrie, nouncrab, nouncrawfish, nouncrayfish, nouncreature, nouncross, verbcrossbreed, nounculture, nouncytoplasm, noundecay, verbdecay, noundecompose, verbdefecate, verbdenizen, noundextrose, noundiaphragm, noundigest, verbdigestion, noundigestive, adjectiveDNA, noundorsal, adjectivedry rot, nounduct, noundwarf, noundwarf, adjectiveecological, adjectiveecology, nounecosystem, nounegg, nounejaculate, verbembryo, nounembryonic, adjectiveenzyme, nounepidermis, nounevolution, nounevolutionary, adjectiveexcrement, nounexcrescence, nounexcrete, verbexcretion, nounexhale, verbexoskeleton, nounextinction, nounfaeces, nounfamily, nounfang, nounfat, nounfatty acid, nounfauna, nounfeces, nounfeed, verbfemale, adjectivefemale, nounferment, verbferment, nounfertile, adjectivefertility, nounfertilize, verbfission, nounflank, nounflatulence, nounflesh, nounfleshy, adjectiveflightless, adjectiveflora, nounfoetal, adjectivefoetus, nounfoliage, nounfossil, nounfreak, nounfreshwater, adjectivefructose, noungamete, nounganglion, noungene, noungene pool, noungenera, genetic, adjectivegenetic code, noungenetic engineering, noungenetic fingerprinting, noungenetics, noungenome, noungenus, noungestation, noungland, nounglandular, adjectiveglucose, noungluten, noungonad, noungrass snake, noungrow, verbgrowth, nounhabitat, nounhaemoglobin, nounhearing, nounheart, nounhemisphere, nounherbivore, nounhereditary, adjectiveheredity, nounhermaphrodite, nounhibernate, verbhistamine, nounhoming, adjectivehormone, nounhost, nounimpregnate, verbimpulse, nounincubate, verbindigenous, adjectiveinfected, adjectiveinfertile, adjectiveinfest, verbingest, verbinhale, verbinseminate, verbinsensate, adjectiveinsulin, nounintegument, nounintercourse, nouninterferon, nounintestine, nouninvertebrate, nouninvoluntary, adjectiveiris, nounjaw, nounjelly, nounkidney, nounkrill, nounlactate, verblactation, nounlactic acid, nounleech, nounleg, nounlesser, adjectivelichen, nounlife, nounlife cycle, nounlife form, nounligament, nounlimb, nounlimpet, nounlipid, nounliver, nounliving fossil, nounlocomotion, nounlymph, nounlymph node, nounmale, adjectivemale, nounmammal, nounmandible, nounmate, nounmate, verbmembrane, nounmetabolism, nounmetabolize, verbmetamorphosis, nounmicrobe, nounmicrobiology, nounmicroorganism, nounmicroscopic, adjectivemigrate, verbmigratory, adjectivemiscarriage, nounmolar, nounmorphology, nounmotor, adjectivemould, nounmouth, nounmucous membrane, nounmucus, nounmulticellular, adjectivemuscle, nounmuscular, adjectivemutant, nounmutate, verbmutation, nounnatural history, nounnatural selection, nounnature, nounneck, nounnectar, nounnerve, nounnervous, adjectivenervous system, nounneural, adjectiveneuro-, prefixneurology, nounnode, nounnose, nounnostril, nounnucleic acid, nounnucleus, nounnutrient, nounnutriment, nounoesophagus, nounoestrogen, nounolfactory, adjectiveoptic, adjectiveorgan, nounorganic, adjectiveorganic chemistry, nounorganism, nounorifice, nounossify, verbosteo-, prefixoutgrowth, nounova, ovary, nounoverwinter, verboviduct, nounoviparous, adjectiveovulate, verbovum, nounparasite, nounpathogen, nounpedigree, nounpelvic, adjectivepelvis, nounpenile, adjectivepenis, nounpepsin, nounperiod, nounperspiration, nounperspire, verbphotosynthesis, nounphylum, nounpigment, nounpigmentation, nounplankton, nounplasma, nounpollinate, verbpostnatal, adjectivepregnancy, nounpregnant, adjectivepremature, adjectiveprenatal, adjectiveproduct, nounproliferation, nounpropagate, verbprotein, nounprotoplasm, nounprotozoan, nounpuberty, nounpulmonary, adjectivepulp, nounpulsation, nounputrefy, verbputrid, adjectivered blood cell, nounregurgitate, verbrenal, adjectivereproduce, verbreproduction, nounreproductive, adjectiverespiration, nounrespiratory, adjectiverespire, verbretina, nounroot, nounrot, verbrot, nounruff, nounsac, nounsaliva, nounsalivary gland, nounsalivate, verbsaltwater, adjectivescale, nounscallop, nounscaly, adjectivesebaceous, adjectivesecrete, verbsecretion, nounsemen, nounsense organ, nounsensory, adjectiveserum, nounsex, nounsex, verbsexless, adjectivesexual intercourse, nounsheath, nounshell, nounsibling, nounskeletal, adjectiveskeleton, nounskin, nounskull, nounspasm, nounspasmodic, adjectivespecies, nounspecimen, nounsperm, nounspiderweb, nounspinal cord, nounspine, nounspineless, adjectivestarch, nounstem cell, nounstimulate, verbstimulus, nounstrain, nounsubject, nounsubspecies, nounsucker, nounsucrose, nounsweat, verbsweat, nounsweat gland, nounsymbiosis, nounsystemic, adjectivetail, nountaxonomy, nounteeth, testosterone, nountest-tube baby, nountissue, nountrachea, nountube, noununicellular, adjectiveurethra, nounuric, adjectiveurinate, verburine, nounvariety, nounvector, nounvein, nounvenom, nounvenomous, adjectiveventricle, nounvertebra, nounvertebrate, nounvivisection, nounwarm-blooded, adjectivewean, verbwildlife, nounwindpipe, nounyolk, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Real cowboys are a dying breed (=not many exist anymore). Dodd was one of that rare breed (=there are not many of them) who could make the game of football look simple. a new breed of international criminalCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Women who enjoy baking are a dying breed.
Real cowboys are a dying breed (=not many exist anymore). Dodd was one of that rare breed (=there are not many of them) who could make the game of football look simple. a new breed of international criminal (=used to say that if you know someone very well, you may respect them less)
(=a type of dog)· It is one of the most fashionable breeds of dog.
Women who enjoy baking are a dying breed.· He has been breeding tropical fish for many years.
(=cause it)· These misunderstandings had bred resentment.
(=for keeping or breeding fish in)
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· Evelyn was of a different era, a different breed.· The hack drivers, who were present in droves, were a different breed.· But these ratios vary enormously with the different breeds of pedigree cats.· Backstabbers, however, are a whole different breed.· It is a tradition where instrumentalists apart from organists are apt to seem like a different breed of musician altogether.· They certainly look a different breed, the ones I've met.· Policemen are not usually intellectuals and have as a rule a distrust of them as animals of a different breed.· This was tempting a different breed into the job - it could now be seen as a rewarding all-year-round career.
· There are still a few of this dying breed around.· Little old ladies who had relished home baking were a dying breed and the younger generation simply couldn't relate to them.
· It is a hardy colour-sided breed, brick-red on white, and remains dual-purpose but with the emphasis on milk.
· In the case of a particularly large breed this is perhaps understandable, because of the sheer weight.· An oyster that has grown large enough to breed is a great success, in oyster terms.· It is a large breed and, known as the Big Red, it used to be the biggest breed in Britain.
· Each evolved on different terrain and has hooves to match. Modern breeds stem from these varieties, and feet vary accordingly.
· As a result, most of the new breed of gliders are more pleasant and safer to fly.· Shaffer is one of the new breed of wunderkind chefs.· In fact, no one seems to know exactly where future career opportunities lie for this new breed.· First a new breed of fleet must be dispatched and anchored at 600-mile intervals in the oceans.· Nonconformist borrowers were thrown a lifeline only five years ago when this new breed of mortgage lender was born.· I felt as if I bad crossed a chasm of time and was some new breed of man.· They are the names of microcomputers produced by a new breed of electronics entrepreneurs.· According to industry officials, a new breed of digital phone transmits in computer code that is much more difficult to intercept.
· Most of the old breeds come instead from the East.· Whether his fainting goats were a new mutation or part of an older breed remains unclear.· Are all our old breeds to become as useful as pet budgies?
· Living as it does at high level, it produces fewer lambs than other breeds.· With hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of other rare breeds there, managers are also taking steps to improve security.· This can be a particular problem with hounds, which tend to be less territorial than some other breeds.· The Jersey is certainly recognised in tropical countries as giving better results than other temperate breeds.
· The Farm Park specializes in showing the public rare breeds of farm animals.· Though Manhattan sports any number of bars capable of making a great drink, the grand hotel bar is a rare breed.· The farm at the site operates a rare breeds centre and also has a tea room with traditional fare.· Lovelock was very rare breed in modern science.· In this respect Anderson is a rare breed among geophysicists, an avowed generalist.· Demand for the rare breed products is growing.· Conservative Democrats are a very, very rare breed today in the Deep South.
· Then, it was granted to a special breed of psychopath with a penchant for leather jackets and flared trousers.· There was a certain cockiness in his demeanor, as if he were quite aware that he was of a special breed.· They really are a special breed.
· Here they would spend ten or more days catching the young gannets which breed on the rock in thousands.· The old guard, too fond of international conferences, has given way to a younger breed of activist.· One is the younger breed of entrepreneur looking to get involved in e-business start-ups.
NOUN· In Britain today the Devon has become a beef breed.· The Hereford is probably the most numerous and widely distributed beef breed in the world.
· Find out how much foal registration fees will be and whether or not you need to join any breed society.· A breed society was formed in 1903.· The major breed societies and their representatives are listed in many good books and in publications like the Horse and Hound Diary.· The breed society was established in 1884 and a herdbook opened the following year.· Its breed society and herdbook were established in 1894.· Its breed society considers it to be a dual-purpose type, though it is rather slow-maturing for beef.· Cut-off date for registrations imposed by some breed societies will be a prime consideration.
VERB· In Britain today the Devon has become a beef breed.· Eventually, while still retaining their tadpole appearance, they become sexually mature and breed.
· The demands of the sport are creating a new breed of mutant.· The clamp down will create a new breed of locally created censors.
· He's among the a dying breed.· The truth is that Eddie represents a dying breed of the playboy racing driver.
· Otto Galler further improved the breed, crafting today's streamlined beast.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1a type of animal that is kept as a pet or on a farmbreed of- Meyer's a Texan, born and bred.
- David MacKinlay was a Lewisach born and bred, educated at Stornoway who made good in the outside world.
- He had been born and bred on the river, but had never seen anything like it before.
- He was a Cambridge man born and bred.
- I must say this openly: d'Aubigny I liked immediately, a gentleman born and bred, a true courtier like myself.
- I was born and bred and grew up in Rossendale Valley and left at the age of 27.
- Mr Waigel is a Bavarian born and bred who has little love for Bonn but none at all for the former Prussian capital.
- Mum Ann, east Belfast born and bred, is hoping her boy helps the Glens to victory.
- They were an ordinary family, all born and bred locally, but their relationship with Alexander was both friendly and relaxed.
- Perhaps familiarity breeds contempt - among teachers as well as children.
- The first is that familiarity breeds contempt.
- The United States has usually been an exception to the rule that familiarity breeds contempt.
- His inspiration fell on fertile ground, prepared by endless repetition.
- On their arrival at the breeding grounds, male pied flycatchers find a suitable nesting site.
- The position required no athletic ability, but traditionally has served as a proving ground for Mississippi politicians.
- The race, the breeding ground, might be missed, both in sporting and traditional terms, should it cease.
- The unhygienic conditions of a stable were a breeding ground for all manner of disease and bacteria hazardous to a newborn.
- There are 22 events per year, and tracks range from Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground tote Mans.
- Where scum settles on wetted surfaces in kitchens, it creates an ideal breeding ground for bacteria.
Spaniels are my favourite breed of dog.2a particular kind of person or type of thing: Real cowboys are a dying breed (=not many exist anymore). Dodd was one of that rare breed (=there are not many of them) who could make the game of football look simple.breed of a new breed of international criminal