inbred

  • 1Inbred — In bred , a. Bred within; innate; as, inbred worth. Inbred sentiments. Burke. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2inbred — inbred. См. инбредный. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …

    Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • 3inbred — I adjective absorbed, acquired, born, congenital, connate, deep rooted, engrafted, genetic, hereditary, implicit, inborn, inculcated, indigenous, ingenerate, ingrained, inherent, inherited, innate, instilled, integral, intrinsic, native, natural… …

    Law dictionary

  • 4inbred — (adj.) 1590s, native, also inherent by nature, from IN (Cf. in) + BRED (Cf. bred). The genetic sense is from 1892 (Cf. INBREEDING (Cf. inbreeding)) …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 5inbred — *innate, inborn, congenital, hereditary, inherited Analogous words: ingrained, inherent, constitutional, intrinsic: deep rooted, deep seated, inveterate, confirmed, chronic Contrasted words: infused, imbued, inoculated (see INFUSE) …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 6inbred — ► ADJECTIVE 1) produced by inbreeding. 2) existing from birth; congenital …

    English terms dictionary

  • 7inbred — [in′bred΄] adj. [pp. of INBREED] 1. innate or deeply instilled 2. bred from closely related parents; resulting from inbreeding SYN. INNATE …

    English World dictionary

  • 8inbred — [[t]ɪ̱nbre̱d[/t]] 1) ADJ Inbred means the same as inborn. She had that inbred politeness, it was a part of her. ...behaviour patterns that are inbred. Syn: innate, inborn 2) ADJ: usu v link ADJ People who are inbred have ancestors who are all… …

    English dictionary

  • 9inbred — adjective Date: circa 1592 1. rooted and ingrained in one s nature as deeply as if implanted by heredity < an inbred love of freedom > 2. [from past participle of inbreed] subjected to or produced by inbreeding Synonyms: see innate • inbred noun …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 10inbred — 1. adjective a) bred within; innate; as, inbred worth. b) (often pejorative) having an ancestry characterized by inbreeding 2. noun An inbred individual …

    Wiktionary