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breed
English
Alternative forms
- breede (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English breden, from Old English br?dan, from Proto-Germanic *br?dijan? (“to brood”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?reh?- (“warm”). Cognate with Scots brede, breid, Saterland Frisian briede, West Frisian briede, Dutch broeden, German Low German bröden, German brüten.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?i?d/
- Rhymes: -i?d
Verb
breed (third-person singular simple present breeds, present participle breeding, simple past and past participle bred)
- To produce offspring sexually; to bear young.
- (transitive) To give birth to; to be the native place of.
- a pond breeds fish; a northern country breeds stout men
- Of animals, to mate.
- To keep animals and have them reproduce in a way that improves the next generation’s qualities.
- To arrange the mating of specific animals.
- To propagate or grow plants trying to give them certain qualities.
- To take care of in infancy and through childhood; to bring up.
- 1859, Edward Everett, An Oration on the Occasion of the Dedication of the Statue of Mr. Webster
- born and bred on the verge of the wilderness
- 1859, Edward Everett, An Oration on the Occasion of the Dedication of the Statue of Mr. Webster
- To yield or result in.
- 1634, John Milton, Comus
- Lest the place / And my quaint habits breed astonishment.
- 1634, John Milton, Comus
- (obsolete, intransitive) To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated, or to grow, like young before birth.
- (sometimes as breed up) To educate; to instruct; to bring up
- 1724-1734', Bishop Burnet, History of My Own Time
- No care was taken to breed him a Protestant.
- His farm may not […] remove his children too far from him, or the trade he breeds them up in.
- 1724-1734', Bishop Burnet, History of My Own Time
- To produce or obtain by any natural process.
- Children would breed their teeth with much less danger.
- (intransitive) To have birth; to be produced, developed or multiplied.
- 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act III Scene 1
- Fair encounter
- Of two most rare affections! Heavens rain grace
- On that which breed between 'em!
- 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act III Scene 1
- (transitive) to ejaculate inside someone's ass
- 2018, Cassandra Dee, Paying My Boyfriend's Debt: A Billionaire Bad Boy Romance, Cassandra Dee Romance via PublishDrive
- “God, I love your ass,” he says, his voice almost a growl. “I'm gonna breed this ass tonight.”
- 2015, David Holly, The Heart's Eternal Desire, Bold Strokes Books Inc (?ISBN)
- “ Yes,” I said. “You want to fuck me, and I submit to you. My body is yours. Stuff me. Fill me. Breed my ass. Seed me, my love.
- year unknown, Tymber Dalton, Disorder in the House [Suncoast Society], Siren-BookStrand (?ISBN), page 32:
- “Then...you get...bred.”
- 2017, Casper Graham, Same Script, Different Cast [Scripts & Lyrics Trilogy], Siren-BookStrand (?ISBN), page 41:
- “I can't...can't last, baby.” / “I don't care. Come inside me. Breed me.”
- 2017, Casper Graham, Nothing Short of a Miracle [Scripts & Lyrics Trilogy], Siren-BookStrand (?ISBN), page 19:
- "Are you clean?" he asked. / "Yeah, I get tested recently." / "Perfect. Breed me.”
- 2018, Cassandra Dee, Paying My Boyfriend's Debt: A Billionaire Bad Boy Romance, Cassandra Dee Romance via PublishDrive
Synonyms
- (take care of in infancy and through childhood): raise, bring up, rear
Derived terms
Related terms
- breed in the bone
Translations
Noun
breed (plural breeds)
- All animals or plants of the same species or subspecies.
- a breed of tulip
- a breed of animal
- A race or lineage; offspring or issue.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 12:
- And nothing 'gainst Time's scythe can make defence
- Save breed, to brave him when he takes thee hence.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 12:
- (informal) A group of people with shared characteristics.
- People who were taught classical Greek and Latin at school are a dying breed.
Translations
Anagrams
- berde, brede, rebed
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch breed, from Middle Dutch brêet, from Old Dutch *br?d, from Proto-West Germanic *braid.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /br???t/, [bre?t]
Adjective
breed (attributive breë, comparative breër, superlative breedste)
- broad
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch brêet, from Old Dutch *br?d, from Proto-West Germanic *braid, from Proto-Germanic *braidaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bre?t/, [bre?t]
- Hyphenation: breed
- Rhymes: -e?t
Adjective
breed (comparative breder, superlative breedst)
- broad, wide
- Antonyms: nauw, smal
Inflection
Derived terms
- breedband
- breedbeeld
- breeddoek
- breedgebouwd
- breedgerand
- breedgeschouderd
- breedgetakt
- breedgetakt
- breedspraak
- breedte
- breedvoerig
- hemelsbreed
- kamerbreed
- verbreden
Descendants
- Afrikaans: breed
- ? West Frisian: breed
Anagrams
- brede
West Frisian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch breed, displacing older brie.
Adjective
breed
- broad, wide
Inflection
Derived terms
- breedteken
Further reading
- “breed”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English bred, from Old English br?ad, from Proto-Germanic *braud?. Cognates include English bread and Scots breid.
Noun
breed
- bread
References
- Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN
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yield
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ji?ld/
- Rhymes: -i?ld
Etymology 1
From Middle English yielden, yelden, ?elden (“to yield, pay”), from Old English ?ieldan (“to pay”), from Proto-West Germanic *geldan, from Proto-Germanic *geldan? (“to pay”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?eld?- (“to pay”).
Verb
yield (third-person singular simple present yields, present participle yielding, simple past yielded or (obsolete) yold, past participle yielded or (obsolete) yolden)
- (obsolete) To pay, give in payment; repay, recompense; reward; requite.
- God yield thee, and God thank ye.
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, Gareth and Lynette
- The good mother holds me still a child! Good mother is bad mother unto me! A worse were better; yet no worse would I. Heaven yield her for it!
- To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth.
- The wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
- To give way; to allow another to pass first.
- Yield the right of way to pedestrians.
- To give as required; to surrender, relinquish or capitulate.
- They refuse to yield to the enemy.
- To give, or give forth, (anything).
- c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I scene ii[1]:
- […] We'll visit Caliban, my slave, who never / Yields us kind answer.
- c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I scene ii[1]:
- (intransitive) To give way; to succumb to a force.
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, chapter 21:
- He turned the handle as he spoke, but the door did not yield. We threw ourselves against it. With a crash it burst open, and we almost fell headlong into the room.
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, chapter 21:
- To produce as return, as from an investment.
- Historically, that security yields a high return.
- (mathematics) To produce as a result.
- Adding 3 and 4 yields a result of 7.
- (linguistics) To produce a particular sound as the result of a sound law.
- Indo-European p- yields Germanic f-.
- (engineering, materials science, of a material specimen) To pass the material's yield point and undergo plastic deformation.
- (rare) To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.
Synonyms
- submit - To fully surrender
- capitulate - To end all resistance, may imply a compensation with an enemy or to end all resistance because of loss of hope
- succumb - To fully surrender, because of helplessness and extreme weakness, to the leader of an opposing force
- relent - A yielding because of pity or mercy
- defer - A voluntary submitting out of respect, reverence or affection
- give way - To succumb to persistent persuasion.
- surrender - To give up into the power, control, or possession of another
- cede - To give up, give way, give away
- give up - To surrender
- produce - To make (a thing) available to a person, an authority, etc.
- bear - To produce something, such as fruit or crops
- supply - To provide (something), to make (something) available for use
- give in
- to trade away - to let others get hold of a property or right of yours.
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English ?eld, from Old English ?ield, from Proto-West Germanic *geld, from Proto-Germanic *geld? (“reward, gift, money”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?eld?- (“to pay”).
Noun
yield (countable and uncountable, plural yields)
- (obsolete) Payment; tribute.
- A product; the quantity of something produced.
- (law) The current return as a percentage of the price of a stock or bond.
- (finance) Profit earned from an investment; return on investment.
Synonyms
- crop
- fruits
- gain
- harvest
- produce
- return
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Leidy, ylide
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