hybrid

Pluralhybrids

1. 1
   adjective

   Made by mixing two or more different things.

   The band plays a hybrid style of rock and country music.

   Our school uses a hybrid plan, with some classes online and some in the building.

   Similarmixed, composite, crossbred, blended

   Oppositepure

2. 2
   nouncountable

   A plant or animal whose parents are from two different kinds or breeds.

   A mule is a hybrid of a horse and a donkey.

   The farmer plants hybrids that give more corn.

   Similarcrossbreed

   Oppositepurebred

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3. 3
   nouncountable

   A car or other vehicle that uses both gas and electricity to run.

   My mom bought a hybrid because it uses less gas.

   More of the taxis in our city are hybrids now.

4. 4
   adjective

   Using both gas and electricity to run, said of a car.

   Our new hybrid car is very quiet in traffic.

   Hybrid cars can save a family a lot of money on gas.

5. 5
   nouncountable

   A bike that mixes features of a road bike and a mountain bike.

   I ride my hybrid to school on both roads and dirt paths.

   The bike shop keeps a row of hybrids for people who ride in the city.

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6. 6
   nouncountable

   A golf club that is part iron and part wood.

   She used a hybrid to hit the ball out of the long grass.

   Many beginners carry two or three hybrids in their golf bag.

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7. 7
   nouncountable

   A word made from parts that come from different languages.

   The word "automobile" is a hybrid: half comes from Greek and half from Latin.

   Some new slang words are hybrids of English and Spanish.

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   adjective

   Using both 2D and 3D animation together.

   The movie has a hybrid style, with drawn people walking through 3D cities.

   The new series is hybrid: the dragons are 3D models, but the kids are drawn by hand.

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   nouncountable

   A computer that is partly analog and partly digital.

   The lab used a hybrid to solve the hard math problems faster.

   The university kept two hybrids in its computer room.

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10. 10
    nouncountable

    An electronic circuit made of separate small parts fixed onto one base board.

    The repair shop replaced the broken hybrid inside the amplifier.

    Hybrids are used in small medical devices like hearing aids.

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