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breed

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"Animal variety"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈbɹiːd/Part of speech verb, nounSorted bdeerStarts with BEnds with D1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms)

Word origin

Inherited from Middle English breden, from Old English brēdan, from Proto-Germanic *brōdijaną (“to brood”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁- (“warm”). Cognate with Scots brede, breid, Saterland Frisian briede, West Frisian briede, Low German bröden, Dutch broeden, German brüten.

Used in a sentence

  • A pond breeds fish.
  • A northern country breeds stout men.
  • Yet every mother breeds not sons alike.

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