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breed

/bˈɹid/BREED
/bˈɹid/BREED

Meaningnourishing, cherishing

Common meaning: to produce young

Journey through time

  1. Old EnglishbredansourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishbredensource
  3. Englishbreed‘to produce young’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English bredan ‘nourishing, cherishing’.

Roots

  • bredan Old English “nourishing, cherishing”

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