Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Bred or brought up at home; hence, uncultivated; artless; rude.
- Of native or innate growth; domestic; natural; inborn.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Bred at home; domestic; not foreign.
- adjective Not polished; rude; uncultivated.
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Examples
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On that trip to the backstretch, Juddmonte Farm's great fourth-generation home-bred race mare Proviso wasn't in residence.
Liz O'Connell: Proviso: Always on Track Liz O 2010
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On that trip to the backstretch, Juddmonte Farm's great fourth-generation home-bred race mare Proviso wasn't in residence.
Liz O'Connell: Proviso: Always on Track Liz O'Connell 2010
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Some familiar colours from the Flat will be making a very rare appearance in the jumping arena at Naas on Sunday with Ballymacoll Stud's home-bred four-year-old Director's Forum set to run in the concluding bumper for Jessica Harrington.
Tattenham Corner 2012
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But even if she did, I could not believe that a home-bred hamster would venture far in the cold, certainly not as far as the pool, an open area without vegetation, where no animal would seek refuge.
Dark Secrets 2: No Time to Die the Deep End of Fear Elizabeth Chandler 2011
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But even if she did, I could not believe that a home-bred hamster would venture far in the cold, certainly not as far as the pool, an open area without vegetation, where no animal would seek refuge.
Dark Secrets 2: No Time to Die the Deep End of Fear Elizabeth Chandler 2011
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On that trip to the backstretch, Juddmonte Farm's great fourth-generation home-bred race mare Proviso wasn't in residence.
Liz O'Connell: Proviso: Always on Track Liz O'Connell 2010
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But even if she did, I could not believe that a home-bred hamster would venture far in the cold, certainly not as far as the pool, an open area without vegetation, where no animal would seek refuge.
Dark Secrets 2: No Time to Die the Deep End of Fear Elizabeth Chandler 2011
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“Theseupright wormsand their home-bred brutes only cause us trouble”, Molly chirped
Animal Park (Part I) 2010
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On that trip to the backstretch, Juddmonte Farm's great fourth-generation home-bred race mare Proviso wasn't in residence.
Liz O'Connell: Proviso: Always on Track Liz O'Connell 2010
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During my three visits to Melbourne, I discovered that while Aussie bookstores are chock full of Stephen King, Anne Rice and Dean Koontz, one had to REALLY hunt for home-bred horror.
Interview with Australian Horror Author R. Frederick Hamilton 2010
Avocado commented on the word home-bred
pretty good word 8/10
February 10, 2015