bred

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

Noun

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

Origin

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

Forms

breds

Verb

  1. simple past and past participle of breed

Origin

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Derived

courtbred crossbred earthbred half-bred hellbred highbred homebred lowbred nonbred purebred sib-bred standardbred straightbred thoroughbred true-bred unbred underbred xbred