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to outbreed

to outbreed

1 7.2
To breed animals or plants with unrelated ones to increase variation in their genes
  • verb
  • /ˌaʊtˈbriːd/
  • Specialized
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  • Farmers sometimes choose to outbreed their livestock to improve their health and productivity.

Examples

  • We crazy cracker-worshipping freaks and others like us are just going to continue outbreeding your ilk.

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  • While you all are smugly outbreeding us, you're killing the planet for future generations of whatever delusion.

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  • Some polar bears lost their pigment like Michael Jackson and thus were better fit for the snowy environment, outbreeding the normal bears in that area.

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  • And of course, while you liberal atheist types are busily contracepting and aborting yourselves into demographic oblivion, we'll be outbreeding you.

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  • Animals in the wild often outbreed their neighbors to create a more diverse gene pool.

  • In an effort to enhance resilience, conservationists aim to outbreed endangered species with healthier populations.

Synonyms

to crossbreed
vsto outbreed
3 4.6

To make an animal or plant by mating two different kinds

focuses on mating outside a group to increase genetic diversity
to interbreed
vsto outbreed
1 6.5

To mate with another animal or plant of a different type

means mating outside a group mainly to mix genes rather than to increase diversity
to outcross
vsto outbreed
  • Specialized
8.0

To breed an animal or plant with one from a different genetic line to increase genetic diversity

is the same action described more generally as mating outside a population

Antonyms

to inbreed
  • Specialized
1 7.7

To mate closely related animals or plants, reducing their variety and causing health problems

How Related

to inbreed
  • Specialized
1 7.7
to breed
167 1.8
to outbreed
  • Specialized
1 7.2
to hybridize
  • Specialized
3 7.0

Surface Forms

outbreed infinitive
outbreeding present participle
outbreeds third person singular
outbred past
outbred past participle

Morphology

outbreed = breed (transparent) = out + breed

The verb is formed by the productive prefix 'out-' ('from/outside') plus the verb 'breed', so the meaning 'to breed with outsiders' is directly predictable.

Etymology

Outbreed joins out (as in outdoor) meaning 'outside' and breed meaning 'to produce young animals'. So it means to mate with animals from outside a group, bringing in new traits and helping the group stay healthier.