"outbreed" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: outbreeds [present, singular, third-person], outbreeding [participle, present], outbred [participle, past], outbred [past]
Etymology: out- + breed Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|out|breed}} out- + breed Head templates: {{en-verb|outbreeds|outbreeding|outbred}} outbreed (third-person singular simple present outbreeds, present participle outbreeding, simple past and past participle outbred)
  1. To breed from parents not closely related.
    Sense id: en-outbreed-en-verb-H6G-7okh Categories (other): English terms prefixed with out- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with out-: 49 51
  2. (transitive) To breed more successfully than. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-outbreed-en-verb-PUkOBi19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with out- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with out-: 49 51

Inflected forms

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