imp. & p. p. of Breed. [ 1913 Webster ]
Bred out,
Bred to arms.
Well bred.
n. [ See Braid woven cord. ] A braid. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Half lapped in glowing gauze and golden brede. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. raised in a city.
a. Bred, or educated, at court; polished; courtly. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Stock Breeding) Produced by mixing distinct breeds; mongrel. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Low; grovelling; vulgar. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. Produced in hell. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Bred in high life; of pure blood. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]
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Benignity and home-bred sense. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
Only to me home-bred youths belong. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Badly educated or brought up; impolite; incivil; rude. See Note under Ill, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Bred within; innate;
a. Bred, or like one bred, in a low condition of life; characteristic or indicative of such breeding; rude; impolite; vulgar;
n. [ L. scabredo, fr. scaber rough. ] Roughness; ruggedness. [ Obs. ] Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Bred in conformity to a standard. Specif., applied to a registered trotting horse which comes up to the standard adopted by the
a. Bred from the best blood through a long line; pure-blooded; -- said of stock, as horses. Hence, having the characteristics of such breeding; mettlesome; courageous; of elegant form, or the like. --
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a. Not thoroughly bred; ill-bred;
a. Having good breeding; refined in manners; polite; cultivated. [ 1913 Webster ]
I am as well-bred as the earl's granddaughter. Thackera&unr_;. [ 1913 Webster ]
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