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bred
bredbrought about; engendered; raised: born and bred in Iowa
Not to be confused with:bread – a food; to coat with bread crumbs: bread the pork chopsbred B0463700 (brĕd)v.Past tense and past participle of breed.bred (brɛd) vb the past tense and past participle of breednderogatory slang Austral a person who lives in a small remote place[sense 2: diminutive form of inbred]breed (brid)
v. bred, breed•ing,
n. v.t. 1. to produce (offspring); procreate. 2. to produce by mating; propagate sexually; reproduce. 3. to cause (plants or animals) to reproduce and usu. to be improved by selection. 4. to give rise to; engender; produce: Dirt breeds disease. 5. to develop by training or education; bring up; rear: born and bred a gentleman. 6. to impregnate; mate: to breed a mare. 7. to produce more fissile nuclear fuel than is consumed in a reactor. v.i. 8. to produce offspring. 9. to be engendered or produced; grow. n. 10. a relatively homogenous group of animals within a species, developed and maintained by humans. 11. lineage; stock; strain. 12. sort; kind; group. [before 1000; Middle English breden, Old English brēdan to nourish] Translations以特定方式被养大的动物养育在某地或以特定方式长大的人教养breed (briːd) – past tense, past participle bred (bred) – verb1. to produce young. Rabbits breed often. 繁殖 繁殖2. to keep animals for the purpose of breeding young. I breed dogs and sell them as pets. 育種，栽培 养育 noun a type, variety or species (of animal). a breed of dog. 品種 品种bred (bred) adjective (often as part of a word). 1. (of people) brought up in a certain way or place. a well-bred young lady; American born and bred. (人)在某地或以特定方式長大的 教养，（人）在某地或以特定方式长大的 2. (of animals) brought up or reared in a certain way. a pure-bred dog. (動物)以特定方式被養大的 养育，（动物）以特定方式被养大的 ˈbreeding noun education and training; good manners. a man of good breeding. 教養 教养bred
bred in the bone1. Deeply and firmly rooted, ingrained, or established. Hyphenated if used as a modifier. His bred-in-the-bone etiquette came as a result of his years of military training. In this part of the country, hospitality is simply bred in the bone.2. Long-standing and habitual, especially of ideology or religion. Hyphenated if used as a modifier. Most people vote according to their bred-in-the-bone political identification, rather than making individual assessments of different candidates. A lot of times, religious views are simply bred in the bone.See also: bone, bredborn and bredBorn and raised in a particular place, which has shaped one's personality. As you could probably tell by his aggressive driving, he's a New Yorker, born and bred.See also: and, born, bredborn and raisedBoth born and raised in the same particular place; having lived in one's birthplace through one's adolescence. The phrase implies that one's identity has been shaped by the place. I may live in California now, but I'm a Texas gal, born and raised!See also: and, born, raisedbreed up a stormOf the weather, to become overcast. I wouldn't go outside right now—it looks to be breeding up a storm.See also: breed, storm, upborn and raised and born and bredborn and nurtured through childhood, usually in a specific place. She was born and raised in a small town in western Montana. Freddy was born and bred on a farm and had no love for city life.See also: and, born, raisedborn and bredBorn and educated in a single locale or social class. For example, Adam was a Bostonian, born and bred. Although the two words were paired earlier, the precise locution dates from the mid-1800s. See also: and, born, bredborn and bred by birth and upbringing. 1991 Sharon Kay Penman The Reckoning I was being tended by a most unlikely nurse, an Irish sprite who spoke French as if she was Paris born and bred. See also: and, born, bredˌborn and ˈbred born and brought up (in a place): He’s Liverpool born and bred. ♢ Both my parents were born and bred in London.See also: and, born, bred breed up a storm New England To become cloudy.See also: breed, storm, upborn and bredDescribing a native, a person born and raised in the same place. The alliterative appeal of this phrase no doubt led to its overuse. Joseph Addison paired the two early on (The Spectator, 1711): “Being bred to no business and born to no estate.” The precise locution appears in Fanny Kemble’s travel book (1863), “Born and bred in America.”See also: and, born, bredEncyclopediaSeebreedBRED
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