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bred¹

  • /bɹɛd/ US, UK
  • /bɹed/ Australia, New Zealand
  • /bɾɛd/ Scotland, Wales
  • /bɻɛd/ Northern Ireland

Sounds like bread · Rhymes with -ɛd

Where it comes from

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of breed

bred²

  • /bɹɛd/ US, UK
  • /bɹed/ Australia, New Zealand
  • /bɾɛd/ Scotland, Wales
  • /bɻɛd/ Northern Ireland

Sounds like bread · Rhymes with -ɛd

Where it comes from

From Middle English bred, from Old English bred (“board, plank, tablet, table”). More at braid.

noun breds

  1. alternative, dialectal Alternative form of braid (“board, shelf, plank”).

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: born, created, crossed, cultivated, cultured, educated, elevated, engendered, established, farmed, fed, fostered, fueled, fuelled, generated, generates

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bred. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bred

Chicago

"bred." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 5, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bred.

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@misc{bred_2026,
  title = {bred},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bred},
  urldate = {2026-11-05}
}