breed
/ˈbɹiːd/ verbo B1En español: criar, aparearse, criar selectivamente, preñar
- To produce offspring sexually; to bear young.
- To give birth to; to be the native place of. · A pond breeds fish.· A northern country breeds stout men.
- 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). · She wanted to breed her cow to the neighbor's registered bull.
- To propagate or grow (plants) in an effort to give (them) certain qualities. · He tries to breed blue roses.
- To take care of in infancy and through childhood; to bring up. · born and bred
- To yield or result in. · disaster breeds famine· familiarity breeds contempt
He/she/it breeds · Pasado bred · Participio pasado bred · Forma en -ing breeding
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
- breed
- He/she/it
- breeds
- Pasado
- bred
- Participio pasado
- bred
- Forma en -ing
- breeding
Un verbo irregular: apréndete de memoria su pasado y su participio pasado.
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
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A Fox seeing him said: “A fine Lion you are, to be frightened of a Mouse.” “’Tis not the Mouse I fear,” said the Lion; “I resent his familiarity and ill-breeding.”
so much ease, with such perfect good breeding!”
That was the Avonlea type of well-bred little girl.
Morrel expected Villefort would be dejected; he found him as he had found him six weeks before, calm, firm, and full of that glacial politeness, that most insurmountable barrier which separates the well-bred from the vulgar man.
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