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heir
English
Alternative forms
- heire (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English heir, from Anglo-Norman eir, heir, from Latin h?r?s.
Pronunciation
- (US) enPR: âr, IPA(key): /???/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /e?/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
- Homophones: air, Ayr, ere, eyre, are (unit of measurement); err (one pronunciation); e'er (US)
Noun
heir (plural heirs, feminine heiress)
- Someone who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another.
- One who inherits, or has been designated to inherit, a hereditary title or office.
- A successor in a role, representing continuity with the predecessor.
- "I wish we were back in Tenth Street. But so many children came […] and the Tenth Street house wasn't half big enough; and a dreadful speculative builder built this house and persuaded Austin to buy it. Oh, dear, and here we are among the rich and great; and the steel kings and copper kings and oil kings and their heirs and dauphins. […]"
Synonyms
- (one who inherits property): beneficiary (law), inheritor
- (one who inherits title): inheritor
- (successor in a role): See also Thesaurus:successor
Related terms
Translations
Verb
heir (third-person singular simple present heirs, present participle heiring, simple past and past participle heired)
- (transitive, intransitive) To inherit.
- 1950, quoted in Our Garst family in America (page 27)
- […] Leonard Houtz & John Myer to be executors to this my last will & testament & lastly my children shall heir equally, one as much as the other.
- 1950, quoted in Our Garst family in America (page 27)
See also
- legatee
- devisee
Anagrams
- Hire, ReHi, hire, rehi
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
heir n (plural heiren, diminutive heirtje n)
- (archaic) Alternative spelling of heer (“army”)
Derived terms
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Anglo-Norman heir, aire (Old French eir), from Latin h?res (“heir”).
Noun
heir (plural heires)
- heir
Alternative forms
- heire, heier, eir, eire, eier, ei?er, hair, haire, air, aire, are, her, here, hier, heyr, heyre, heyer, eyr, eyre, eyer, eyur, hayr, hayre, ayr, ayre, ayer, ayere, ayar, hyer
- nayr, nayre, nayer, nere (by rebracketing of an heir)
Descendants
- English: heir
- Scots: heir
- ? Welsh: aer
References
- “heir, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
Noun
heir
- Alternative form of her (“hair”)
Etymology 3
Noun
heir
- Alternative form of here (“army”)
Etymology 4
Pronoun
heir
- Alternative form of hire (“her”)
Etymology 5
Noun
heir (plural heires or heiren)
- Alternative form of here (“haircloth”)
Etymology 6
Adverb
heir
- Alternative form of her (“here”)
Etymology 7
Determiner
heir
- Alternative form of here (“their”)
Westrobothnian
Verb
hèir
- Alternative spelling of hiir.
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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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