breed – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of breed

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to breed
Participle: bred
Gerund: breeding

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ibreed
youbreed
he;she;itbreeds
webreed
youbreed
theybreed

Perfect

Ihave bred
youhave bred
he;she;ithas bred
wehave bred
youhave bred
theyhave bred

Past

Ibred
youbred
he;she;itbred
webred
youbred
theybred

Pluperfect

Ihad bred
youhad bred
he;she;ithad bred
wehad bred
youhad bred
theyhad bred

Future

Iwill breed
youwill breed
he;she;itwill breed
wewill breed
youwill breed
theywill breed

Future Perfect

Iwill have bred
youwill have bred
he;she;itwill have bred
wewill have bred
youwill have bred
theywill have bred

Subjunctive

Present

Ibreed
youbreed
he;she;itbreed
webreed
youbreed
theybreed

Perfect

Ihave bred
youhave bred
he;she;ithave bred
wehave bred
youhave bred
theyhave bred

Imperfect

Ibred
youbred
he;she;itbred
webred
youbred
theybred

Pluperfect

Ihad bred
youhad bred
he;she;ithad bred
wehad bred
youhad bred
theyhad bred

Conditional

Present

Iwould breed
youwould breed
he;she;itwould breed
wewould breed
youwould breed
theywould breed

Perfect

Iwould have bred
youwould have bred
he;she;itwould have bred
wewould have bred
youwould have bred
theywould have bred

Imperative

youbreed
weLet's breed
youbreed

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam breeding
youare breeding
he;she;itis breeding
weare breeding
youare breeding
theyare breeding

Perfect

Ihave been breeding
youhave been breeding
he;she;ithas been breeding
wehave been breeding
youhave been breeding
theyhave been breeding

Past

Iwas breeding
youwere breeding
he;she;itwas breeding
wewere breeding
youwere breeding
theywere breeding

Pluperfect

Ihad been breeding
youhad been breeding
he;she;ithad been breeding
wehad been breeding
youhad been breeding
theyhad been breeding

Future

Iwill be breeding
youwill be breeding
he;she;itwill be breeding
wewill be breeding
youwill be breeding
theywill be breeding

Future Perfect

Iwill have been breeding
youwill have been breeding
he;she;itwill have been breeding
wewill have been breeding
youwill have been breeding
theywill have been breeding

Conditional

Present

Iwould be breeding
youwould be breeding
he;she;itwould be breeding
wewould be breeding
youwould be breeding
theywould be breeding

Perfect

Iwould have been breeding
youwould have been breeding
he;she;itwould have been breeding
wewould have been breeding
youwould have been breeding
theywould have been breeding

Other

Verbs similar to 'breed'

bleed, bread, breede, creed, greed, reed, aread, bead, bed, beef,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to engage in sexual intercourse
bang, bauf, beat, boff, boink, bone, bonk, bop, bounce, bump nasties, bump uglies, catch a dick, cohabit, company, copulate, couple, dance, discuss Uganda, do it, do the deed, do the nasty, eff, engender, exchange flesh, expletive deleted, feck, frack, frak, frig, fuck, get busy, get freaky, get it, get it on, get jiggy, get laid, get one's end away, get one's freak on, get one's groove on, get one's leg over, get one's oats, get physical, get some, go all the way, graft the forked tree, haul one's ashes, have it off, have marital relations, have sex, have sexual relations, hump, intercourse, jig-jig, make it, make love, make the beast with two backs, make whoopee, mate, meddle, ming, play, ride, rock and roll, roger, roll around, root, see someone's etchings, sex, shag, share a bed, shelve, show someone one's etchings, slap bellies, sleep together, stick, tumble, wango tango
grow teeth
cut new teeth, dentize, teethe
to produce a child
beget, procreate
produce
hatch, bear, beget, conceive, engender, father
procreate
get, beget, sire, create, generate, occasion, originate, propagate
foster
discipline, educate, instruct, nurture, raise, rear, school
grow
arise, develop, flourish, rise

Antonyms

produce
destroy, ruin, squelch, subdue
foster
neglect, reject, shun
grow
decline, decrease, dwindle, diminish

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. O.E. bredan "bring young to birth, carry," also "cherish, keep warm," from W.Gmc. *brodjan (cf. O.H.G. bruoten, Ger. brüten "to brood, hatch"), from *brod- "fetus, hatchling," from PIE *bhre- "burn, heat" (see brood). Original notion of the word was incubation, warming to hatch. Breeding "good manners" is from 1596. Breeder scornful homosexual term for "heterosexual person," attested from 1986.
2. Inherited from Middle English breden, from Old English brēdan, from Proto-Germanic *brōdijaną (“to brood”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁- (“warm”). Cognate with Scots brede, breid, Saterland Frisian briede, West Frisian briede, Low German bröden, Dutch broeden, German brüten. See: Middle English 'breden', Middle English 'breden', Proto-Germanic '*brōdijaną', Frisian, Saterlandic 'briede', Low Saxon 'bröden', Dutch 'broeden', German, old spelling 'brüten'.

Verbs referencing "breed"

Esperanto bredi, Luxembourgish bréien, Welsh bridio.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] spleen, distrust, suspicion, and dislike. To cancel old wills, and invent new ones, is at last the sole business of such a testator 's existence; and relations and friends (some of whom have been bred up distinctly to inherit a large share of the property, and have been, from their cradles, specially disqualified from devoting themselves to any useful pursuit, on that account ) are so often and [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] officers if you met them in the Great Desert. So true it is, that certain pursuits, wherever carried on, will stamp men with the same character. These two might have been begotten, born, and bred, in Bow Street. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • In the same neighbourhood is the Farm, where young orphans are nursed and bred. I did not see it, but I believe it is well conducted; and I can the more easily credit it, from knowing how mindful they usually are, in America, of that beautiful passage in the Litany which [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] one, even among sages of strong and vigorous intellect, where its effect has not become apparent, in some disordered train of thought, or some gloomy hallucination. What monstrous phantoms, bred of despondency and doubt, and born and reared in solitude, have stalked upon the earth, making creation ugly, and darkening the face of Heaven ! (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] man, a lasting honour to the land that gave him birth, who has done good service to his country, as his forefathers did, and who will be remembered scores upon scores of years after the worms bred in its corruption, are but so many grains of dust—it was but a week, since this old man had stood for days upon his trial before this very body, charged with having dared to assert the infamy of [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] be sufficient to add, that to the most favourable accounts that have been written of them, I more than fully and most heartily subscribe; and that personal intercourse and free communication have bred within me, not the result predicted in the very doubtful proverb, but increased admiration and respect. They are striking men to look at, hard to deceive, prompt to act, lions in energy, Crichtons [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] they are a degraded race, and always will be, and there isn't any help for them; you can't make anything of them, if you try. You see, Cousin Ophelia, I 've tried, and you have n't; I was born and bred among them, and I know. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ Up in Kentuck. A man kept me to breed chil’en for market, and sold ’ em as fast as they got big enough; last of all, he sold me to a speculator, and my Mas’r got me o ’ him. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] that the worst deformity and ugliness of slavery are at once the cause and the effect of the reckless license taken by these freeborn outlaws ? Do we not know that the man who has been born and bred among its wrongs; who has seen in his childhood husbands obliged at the word of command to flog their wives; women, indecently compelled to hold up their own garments that men might lay the heavier [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • ‘You carry, ’ says the stranger, ‘this jealousy and distrust into every transaction of public life. By repelling worthy men from your legislative assemblies, it has bred up a class of candidates for the suffrage, who, in their very act, disgrace your Institutions and your people 's choice. It has rendered you so fickle, and so given to change, that your inconstancy [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)