Meaning

2 senses

  1. To breed or reproduce within an isolated community.

  2. (ambitransitive)To breed or reproduce within a heterogenous community, the products of which produce hybrids.

More definitions
  • breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties

Examples

1 sentences

  1. They can interbreed.

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Forms

interbreeds, interbreeding, interbred, interbred
Base forminterbreed · to interbreed
3rd person singularinterbreeds
Present participleinterbreeding
Past simpleinterbred
Past participleinterbred

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyinterbreed
he, she, itinterbreeds

Past simpleLesson

all personsinterbred

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave interbred
he, she, ithas interbred

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill interbreed

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
Relatedinterbreeding
Derivedinterbreeder

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
interactB1interactionB1interactiveB2interceptinterceptionintercession
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