adj
Meaning 1
Bred within; innate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
inbred
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attributive: /ˈɪnˌbɹɛd/
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predicative: /ˈɪnˌbɹɛd/
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predicative: /ˌɪnˈbɹɛd/
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adj
Meaning 2
Having an ancestry characterized by inbreeding.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, often
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adj
Meaning 3
Describing a strain produced through successive generations of inbreeding resulting in a population of genetically identical individuals which are homozygous at all genetic loci.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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adj
Meaning 4
Insular or self-contained, primarily interacting with and drawing upon one another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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noun
Meaning 5
A plant or animal produced by inbreeding.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
A person born of incest.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: vulgar
Examples
- Since you all marry your cousins I bet you're a bunch of inbreds.
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verb
Meaning 7
simple past and past participle of inbreed
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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adjective
Meaning 8
produced by inbreeding
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: outbred
adjective satellite
Meaning 9
normally existing at birth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- mankind's connatural sense of the good
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: connatural, inborn
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From the past participle of inbreed, equivalent to in- + bred.
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- German: angeboren — Bred within
- Greek: έμφυτος (émfytos) — Bred within
- Portuguese: inato — Bred within
- Catalan: consanguini — having an ancestry characterized by inbreeding
- Catalan: endogàmic — having an ancestry characterized by inbreeding
- Finnish: sisäsiittoinen — having an ancestry characterized by inbreeding
- French: consanguin — having an ancestry characterized by inbreeding
- German: inzüchtig — having an ancestry characterized by inbreeding
- Manx: ynsheelrit — having an ancestry characterized by inbreeding
- Polish: chowu wsobnego — having an ancestry characterized by inbreeding
- Portuguese: consanguíneo — having an ancestry characterized by inbreeding
- Portuguese: endogâmico — having an ancestry characterized by inbreeding
- Swedish: inavlad — having an ancestry characterized by inbreeding
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