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purebred

purebred

3 4.2
An animal whose parents are from the same family line and that often has papers showing its family
  • noun
  • /ˈpjʊrˌbrɛd/
  • Specialized
: animal de pura raza
  • There are some very smart purebreds, because the breeders want to make better dogs, so they are carefully bred.
  • purebreds and mutts
  • well-groomed purebreds

This motherfucker got a purebred I'm looking at this shit like that dog can get a job.

Examples

  • When people breed purebreds, they are generally breeding them for the best-looking body and coat.

    Blog text (33)

  • 'Cause he looks like a purebred, probably from a breeder.

    Miracles from Heaven (2016)

  • I tell you that baby I was riding was a purebred.

    The Great Outdoors (1988)

  • One is a rescue from the UK and the other is a purebred.

    Blog text (29)

  • However, I really do like these purebred French Bulldogs.

  • That Yorkshire's about $1,250 if it's a purebred.

    Pain & Gain (2013)

  • Mr. Cortez, you do realize the Beverly Hills Dog Show is for purebreds only.

    Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 (2011)

  • He is Moonfire, a purebred of one of the oldest bloodlines.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • So most schools, you'll see purebred labs, golden retrievers, poodles, those are the three most common.

  • At the dog show, only the finest champion bloodlines are accepted, so all the entries are purebreds.

Synonyms

thoroughbred
vspurebred
4 5.8

An animal of pure breed with a recorded family history

applies to any animal with parents of the same recognized breed
pureblood
vspurebred
  • Specialized
2 7.7

Having only parents and grandparents from one breed recorded in papers

emphasizes having parents of the same recognized breed rather than ancestry list
full blood
vspurebred
  • Archaic
1 7.4

A person or animal whose parents are both from the same pure group

refers only to animals whose parents are both of the same recognized breed

Antonyms

crossbred
1 4.8

An animal or plant bred from parents of different breeds, sometimes from different species

How Pedigreed

purebred
  • Specialized
3 4.2
half-bred
10 7.0
crossbreed
1 4.1
mongrel
3 5.8

Surface Forms

purebred singular
purebreds plural

Morphology

purebred = pure + breed (transparent) = pure + bred

The meaning is directly recoverable from the idea of an animal bred from a pure line or breed.

Etymology

Purebred comes from the parts pure ('not mixed') and bred ('born from a breed'). So a purebred is an animal whose parents are the same breed and whose family line has not been mixed with other breeds.