bred

CEFRC1

/bɹɛd/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Produced young animals, or raised for a purpose.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    simple past and past participle of breed

Examples

  • He was born and bred a gentleman.

  • Sheep are bred for their fleece and their meat.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
2

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In context

  • Condors have never bred in zoos.

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Question 1 · Quick check

The farmer carefully selected the best cows to be blank for milk production.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

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