breed : Idioms & Phrases

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breed's hill

  • noun a hill in Charlestown that was the site of the battle of Bunker Hill in 1775
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breeding ground

  • noun a place where animals breed
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cattle breeding

  • noun breeding cattle
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city-bred

  • adjective satellite being or having the customs or manners or dress of a city person
    citified; city-born; cityfied.
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Close breeding

  • . See under Breeding.
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Close breeding, In and in breeding

  • breeding from a male and female from the same parentage.
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country-bred

  • adjective satellite rough and uncouth
    • a country boy
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Court breeding

  • education acquired at court.
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Cross breed

  • . See in the Vocabulary.
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Cross breeding

  • breeding from a male and female of different lineage.
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dog breeding

  • noun breeding dogs
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Good breeding

  • polite or polished manners, formed by education; a polite education.
    Distinguished by good humor and good breeding. Macaulay.
  • politeness; genteel deportment.
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half-bred

  • adjective satellite (of animals) having only one purebred parent
    half-bred; half-blooded.
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Half"-bred` adjective
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  1. Half-blooded. Obs.
  2. Imperfectly acquainted with the rules of good-breeding; not well trained. Atterbury.
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half-breed

  • noun an offensive term for an offspring of parents of different races (especially of Caucasian and American Indian ancestry)
  • adjective satellite (of animals) having only one purebred parent
    half-bred; half-blooded.
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Half"-breed` adjective
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  1. Half-blooded.
Half"-breed` noun
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  1. A person who is blooded; the offspring of parents of different races, especially of the American Indian and the white race.
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high-bred

High"-bred` adjective
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  1. Bred in high life; of pure blood. Byron.
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home-bred

Home"-bred` adjective
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  1. Bred at home; domestic; not foreign. " Home-bred mischief." Milton.
    Benignity and home-bred sense. Wordsworth.
  2. Not polished; rude; uncultivated.
    Only to me home-bred youths belong. Dryden.
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horse breeding

  • noun breeding horses
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Ill breeding

  • want of good breeding; rudeness.
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ill-bred

  • adjective satellite (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace
    underbred; bounderish; rude; yokelish; lowbred.
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Ill"-bred` adjective
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  1. Badly educated or brought up; impolite; incivil; rude. See Note under Ill, adv.
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ill-breeding

  • noun impoliteness resulting from ignorance
    bad manners.
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In and in breeding

  • . See under Breeding.
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Line breeding

  • (Stockbreeding), breeding by a certain family line of descent, especially in the selection of the dam or mother.
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standard-bred

Stand"ard-bred` adjective
Definitions
  1. Bred in conformity to a standard. Specif., applied to a registered trotting horse which comes up to the standard adopted by the National Association of Trotting-horse Breeders. U. S.
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To breed in and in

  • to breed from animals of the same stock that are closely related.
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true-bred

True"-bred` adjective
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  1. Of a genuine or right breed; as, a true-bred beast. Shak.
  2. Being of real breeding or education; as, a true-bred gentleman.
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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.
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well-bred

  • adjective satellite of good upbringing
    well-mannered.
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Well"-bred` adjective
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  1. Having good breeding; refined in manners; polite; cultivated.
    I am as well-bred as the earl's granddaughter. Thackera.
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