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overbreed

overbreed verb: to breed excessively.

Verb

overbreed (third-person singular simple present overbreeds, present participle overbreeding, simple past and past participle overbred)

  1. To breed excessively.
    • At different times in different nations the needs and the duties differ widely. Professor Ross has shown that China has suffered immeasurably because of the reckless overbreeding of its people. France is now in hazard of her national existence because of exactly the opposite cause.1917, Theodore Roosevelt, The Foes of Our Own Household, New York: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC, page 260
    • What happens if the dog is overbred?2009 February 26, Cathal Kelly, “Obama picks running (and fetching) mate”, in Toronto Star

Forms of overbreed

third-person singular presentoverbreeds
present participleoverbreeding
past participleoverbred
pastoverbred

Origin of overbreed

From over- + breed.

Words that rhyme with overbreed

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Questions about overbreed

What does overbreed mean?
Overbreed means to breed excessively.
What part of speech is overbreed?
Overbreed is a verb.
What is the past tense of overbreed?
The past tense of overbreed is overbred.

Words near overbreed in the dictionary

  1. overbreathed
  2. overbreathes
  3. overbreathing
  4. overbreathings
  5. overbred
  6. overbreed
  7. overbreeding
  8. overbreeds
  9. overbrew
  10. overbrewed
  11. overbrewing

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