Bred is the past tense and past participle of breed.
2. See also ill-bred, pure-bred, well-bred
bred in British English
(brɛd)
verb
1. the past tense and past participle of breed
noun
2. Australian derogatory, slang
a person who lives in a small remote place
Word origin
sense 2: diminutive form of inbred
bred in American English
(brɛd)
verb transitive, verb intransitive
pt. & pp. of
breed
Examples of 'bred' in a sentence
bred
Oh, I remember you dislike those circles, but they're bred in you.
Aldiss, Brian SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE (2004)
With bred heifers going at sixty dollars a hundred pounds, it just takes three of'em to make you a grand larceny.
Tony Hillerman THE FALLEN MAN (2004)
All related terms of 'bred'
breed
A breed of a pet animal or farm animal is a particular type of it. For example , terriers are a breed of dog .
outbreed
to produce offspring through sexual relations outside a particular family or tribe
ill-bred
If you say that someone is ill-bred , you mean that they have bad manners.
pure-bred
A pure-bred animal is one whose parents and ancestors all belong to the same breed.
well-bred
A well-bred person is very polite and has good manners.
captive-bred
bred in captivity
country-bred
brought up in the country
standard-bred
a US and Canadian breed of trotting and pacing horse, used esp for harness-racing
bred-in-the-bone
firmly instilled or established as if by heredity
cross-breed
If one species of animal or plant cross-breeds with another, they reproduce , and new or different animals or plants are produced. You can also say that someone cross-breeds something such as an animal or plant.
half-breed
a person whose parents are of different races , esp the offspring of a White person and a Native American
line breeding
selective inbreeding that produces individuals possessing one or more of the favourable characteristics of their common ancestor
true-born
being such by birth
to be born and bred
Someone who was born and bred in a place was born there and grew up there.