bred : Idioms & Phrases
Index
Bred out
- degenerated. "The strain of man's bred out into baboon and monkey." Shak.
Webster 1913
Bred to arms
- . See under
Arms .
Webster 1913
Well bred
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(a) Of a good family; having a good pedigree. "A gentleman well bred and of good name." Shak. Obs., except as applied to domestic animals.(b) Well brought up, as shown in having good manners; cultivated; refined; polite.
