different between inbred vs ingrained
inbred
English
Pronunciation
- (attributive adjective, noun) IPA(key): /??n?b??d/
- (predicative adjective, verb) IPA(key): /??n?b??d/, /??n?b??d/
- Rhymes: -?d
Adjective
inbred (comparative more inbred, superlative most inbred)
- Bred within; innate.
- 1899, Kenneth Grahame, The Golden Age/A White-washed Uncle
- We who from daily experience knew Miss Smedley like a book—were we not only too well aware that she had neither accomplishments nor charms—no characteristic, in fact, but an inbred viciousness of temper and disposition?
- 1666, John Bryden, Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders
- His cold experience tempers all his heat, And inbred worth doth boasting valour slight.
- 1899, Kenneth Grahame, The Golden Age/A White-washed Uncle
- (often derogatory) Having an ancestry characterized by inbreeding.
- (genetics) Describing a strain produced through successive generations of inbreeding resulting in a population of genetically identical individuals which are homozygous at all genetic loci.
Synonyms
- (bred within): inborn, indigenous; See also Thesaurus:innate
- (having an ancestry characterized by inbreeding):
- (of a population of genetically identical individuals):
Translations
Verb
inbred
- simple past tense and past participle of inbreed
- 1920, Chesla Clella Sherlock, Care and Management of Rabbits Chapter 3
- People discovered that the Belgian hare of those days was a very delicate animal and that it was subject to many diseases. It had been inbred so long in order to produce show animals that its vitality was nearly gone.
- 1920, Chesla Clella Sherlock, Care and Management of Rabbits Chapter 3
Noun
inbred (plural inbreds)
- (vulgar) An inbred individual.
- Since you all marry your cousins I bet you're a bunch of inbreds.
Anagrams
- Binder, Birden, Bredin, bendir, binder, brined, rebind
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ingrained
English
Etymology
ingrain +? -ed
Adjective
ingrained (comparative more ingrained, superlative most ingrained)
- Being an element; present in the essence of a thing
- Fixed, established
Synonyms
- (in the essence of a thing): inherent; See also Thesaurus:intrinsic
- (fixed, established): bred-in-the-bone, radicated; See also Thesaurus:inveterate
Translations
Verb
ingrained
- simple past tense and past participle of ingrain
Anagrams
- deraining, indearing, reading in
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