bred

Produced through mating

Bred is the past tense and past participle of breed.

Something bred has been raised or produced through controlled reproduction: a horse bred for racing, born and bred in Texas.

It extends to upbringing and training: well-bred suggests good manners, ill-bred the opposite.

In combinations, bred indicates origin or development: purebred, crossbred, inbred.

lineage

ancestry

Family line of descent

progenitors · genealogy · dynasty · clan · family · kinfolk · tribe · stock · progeny · offspring

pedigree

thoroughbred

Of pure ancestral line

  • championTop competitor, or advocate
  • sireMale animal parent
  • damWater-holding barrier

genetics · kennel · registries · studbook · bloodstock · equestrian · traits · selective · inbreeding · stock

cultivated

farming

Cultivating land for food

horticulture · hybridized · grafted · seedling · nursery · greenhouse · selective · germination · cultivar · strain

produced

generated

Brought into being

developed · designed · hatched · cultured · induced · cloned · synthesized · originated · born · conceived

raised

upbringing

Childhood care and training

parenting · nourished · caregiving · maternal · paternal · adoptive · guardian · tutelage · socialization · discipline

Categories
Opposites
animal/plant origin

bredwild-caught

Captured from the environment

wild · feral · undomesticated · untamed · captured

upbringing/manners

bredill-bred

Lacking good manners

unrefined · coarse · crude · unpolished · impolite

genetic manipulation

bredunselected

Not picked or chosen

natural · heirloom · landrace · wild-type · purebred

Phrases
Family

breed, breeding, breeder, breeds, inbred, purebred, well-bred, breeders, crossbred

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