# bred

Pronunciation: say "BRED" /bɹɛd/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of breed. — simple past and past participle of breed
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of breed. Use this form for breeding that already happened.
   - _The ranch bred champion horses for three decades._
   - _Many of these plants were bred for their bright flowers._

## Noun

2. Alternative form of braid (a board, shelf, or plank). *(dialectal)* — Alternative form of braid (“board, shelf, plank”).
   - Simple: Another word for braid: a board, shelf, or plank. Used in some local dialects.
   - _A row of pewter mugs stood along the oak bred by the door._
   - _The farmhand nailed a new bred across the gap in the stall._

## Origin

From Middle English bred, from Old English bred meaning "board, plank, tablet, or table."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/bred (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).