breed
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3.7
- noun
- /brid/
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tipo
- And teenagers today are a different breed from the ones he had known.
- a new breed
- a different breed
- a breed of politicians
You're an interesting breed because you are married.
- You're an interesting breed because you are married.
- And what I worry is that that's like a dying breed right now.
- Like Acme is like it's, it's a rare breed.
- I I honestly think, man, that you've got to be a different breed to do this.
- That's not how boys are a different breed, though.
- And the people that get drawn to palliative care work, the nurses and and then the doctors tend to be a special breed.
- Like Stan Twitter is a different breed, man, these lot.
- It's almost, I mean that, you know, that is a very rarefied breed that people can make a living and is a full time author.
- Sometimes I don't really love the winters, but Jersey girls, they're just a breed of their own, a little crazy, a lot of fun.
Examples
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Annie Cannon was of the old breed, and she was comfortable with her place.
Academic text (1993) -
Now, I belong to that rare breed of men who genuinely don't mind losing gracefully to a gentleman who plays the game by the same rules.
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"That is because they are a breed apart and make no sense."
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We're a pretty tough breed up here.
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You who are reading me now are a different breed.
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We're the members of a dying breed.
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What does this mean for school libraries and this new breed of reader?
Academic text (2011) -
A particularly good example of this breed was a lady whom we will call Florence Harding.
Fiction book (1994) -
You're one of the smartest of the new breed, but you've only been on the street a year.
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The new breed of environmental activists is making significant changes in the community.
Synonyms
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A type of thing that has similar features
Idioms
- Offensive
A saying that claims a girl who has started her period is ready for sex and to have children
Compounds
- Specialized
A group of animals or plants from the same family that people raise to keep certain traits
How Specific
Surface Forms
Etymology
The noun breed also means a 'type' of person or thing, from the same idea of a group made in a certain way. That's why we can speak of a new breed of leader to mean a different kind of person.