[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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 brede
see also:
breed bred out bred to arms arms well bred 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

breed \breed\, v. t. imp.  p. p. bred; p. pr.  vb. n.
   breeding. oe. breden, as. br=edan to nourish, cherish,
   keep warm, from br=od brood; akin to d. broeden to brood,
   ohg. bruoten, g. br"uten. 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
see also:
bred breeding brood 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
strain stock half-breed engender spawn cover 
multiply bred 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

bred
     see breed
see also:
breed 

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