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“Bread” or “Bred”

bread / bred are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

bread b·r·EH·d

  • nounfood made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked.
  • verbcover with bread crumbs.

bred b·r·EH·d

  • verbcopulate with a female, used especially of horses.
  • verbcause to procreate (animals).
  • verbhave young (animals) or reproduce (organisms).
Usage

Examples in context

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“bread”

  • …oxygen and gasoline as propellants.1927 Bread slicerSliced bread is a loaf…
  • The automatic commercial bread slicer was invented in 1927…
  • …figure of the god in bread and eating it, to symbolise…
  • …processing, brewed beer and baked bread, processed meat, practiced viticulture and…
  • …Music (specifically The Carpenters and Bread)
  • …foods such as cheese and bread against a neutral background.
  • He gives her bread and calls her sister.
  • …A hamburger bun is a bread roll sliced horizontally containing a…
  • …for bringing the wine and bread to the altar.
  • In 1928, the bread slicer was improved by Gustav…

“bred”

  • Lil Scrappy - Bred 2 Die - Born 2
  • …Guilfoyle and Mary Kennedy and bred by John Kennedy.
  • …both hardy and could be bred in marginal grazing lands, it…
  • Category:Racehorses bred in the United Kingdom
  • …While is a gray mare bred in Kentucky by W. S.…
  • …which a fertile mule was bred.
  • …confusion among many Soviet citizens, bred on the panegyrics and permanent…
  • Category:Racehorses bred in Kentucky
  • They bred true, and were used as…
  • …registered Texas Longhorn cattle are bred and raised at DCCI; however,…

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