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upbreed

/ʌpˈbɹiːd/

upbreed verb: to rear, or bring up; to nurse.

Verb

upbreed (third-person singular simple present upbreeds, present participle upbreeding, simple past and past participle upbred)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To rear, or bring up; to nurse.
    • upbred in a foreign country1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC

Forms of upbreed

third-person singular presentupbreeds
present participleupbreeding
past participleupbred
pastupbred

Origin of upbreed

From up- + breed.

Words that rhyme with upbreed

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Questions about upbreed

What does upbreed mean?
Upbreed means to rear, or bring up; to nurse.
What part of speech is upbreed?
Upbreed is a verb.
How do you pronounce upbreed?
Upbreed is pronounced /ʌpˈbɹiːd/.
What is the past tense of upbreed?
The past tense of upbreed is upbred.

Words near upbreed in the dictionary

  1. upbreathe
  2. upbreathed
  3. upbreathes
  4. upbreathing
  5. upbred
  6. upbreed
  7. upbreeding
  8. upbreeds
  9. upbreeze
  10. upbreezes
  11. upbrighten

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