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4-letter words (1 found)

BRED,

3-letter words (4 found)

BED,DEB,REB,RED,

2-letter words (5 found)

BE,DE,ED,ER,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 11 words from bred according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of bred

bred rbed berd ebrd rebd erbd brde rbde bdre dbre rdbe drbe bedr ebdr bder dber edbr debr redb erdb rdeb dreb edrb derb

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Definitions and meaning of bred

bred

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɹɛd/
  • Rhymes: -ɛd
  • Homophone: bread

Verb

bred

  1. simple past and past participle of breed

Derived terms

  • nonbred
  • unbred

Anagrams

  • EBRD

Bislama

Etymology

From English bread.

Noun

bred

  1. bread

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse breiðr, from Proto-Germanic *braidaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /breːˀð/, [ˈb̥ʁæˀð], [ˈb̥ʁæðˀ]

Adjective

bred (neuter bredt, plural and definite singular attributive brede, comparative bredere, superlative (predicative) bredest, superlative (attributive) bredeste)

  1. broad, wide
Synonyms
  • vid
Antonyms
  • smal
References
  • “bred,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

From Old Danish bræd, from Proto-Germanic *brezdaz, cognate with Norwegian bredd, Swedish brädd, Old English breord. Related to *bruzdaz (“thorn”) (Danish brod) and possibly also *burdą (“board”) (Danish bord).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /breð(ˀ)/, [ˈb̥ʁæðˀ], [ˈb̥ʁæð]

Noun

bred c (singular definite bredden, plural indefinite bredder)

  1. shore
  2. bank
Declension
References
  • “bred,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Manx

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

bred (verbal noun breddal, past participle breddit)

  1. to hackle

Related terms

  • breddey (“hackling”)

Mutation

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English brēad, from Proto-West Germanic *braud, from Proto-Germanic *braudą.

Alternative forms

  • bredd, brede, breed, breede, breid, brid
  • (early) bread, bræd
  • (Kentish) bryad, bryead

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brɛːd/

Noun

bred

  2. bread, pastry
  3. variety of bread
  4. food, nourishment
  5. livelihood, sustenance
Synonyms
  • (bread): payn
Related terms
  • bredles
  • gyngebred
  • holy bred
Descendants
  • English: bread
    • Bislama: bred
    • Sranan Tongo: brede
    • Tok Pisin: bret
    • → Fiji Hindi: bareed
    • → Marshallese: būreej
    • → Yoruba: búrẹ́dì
  • Geordie English: breed
  • Scots: breid
  • Yola: breed
References
  • “brēd, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-20.

Etymology 2

Verb

bred

  1. Alternative form of breden (“to breed”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

  • brei

Etymology

From Old Norse breiðr.

Adjective

bred (neuter singular bredt, definite singular and plural brede, comparative bredere, indefinite superlative bredest, definite superlative bredeste)

  1. wide, broad

Antonyms

  • smal

Derived terms

  • bredbånd

References

  • “bred” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bredą, derived from the e-grade *bʰredʰóm, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-dʰ-, extended form of *bʰer- (“to carve, cut, split, rub”). Cognates include German Brett, Yiddish ברעט (bret).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bred/

Noun

bred n (nominative plural bredu)

  1. surface
  2. plank, board
  3. table, tablet

Synonyms

  • bord

Descendants

  • Middle English: brede (from the oblique cases)
    • Scots: bred

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *braid.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbreːd/, [ˈbrɛːd]

Adjective

brēd

  1. broad, wide

Descendants

  • North Frisian:
    Föhr-Amrum: briad
    Goesharde: briid
    Halligen: briad
    Mooring: briidj
    Sylt: breer
    Wiedingharde: briidj
  • Saterland Frisian: breed
  • West Frisian: brie

References

  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *braid.

Adjective

brēd

  1. broad, wide

Declension


Descendants

  • Middle Low German: *brêd
    • German Low German:
      Altmärkisch: breet
      Low Prussian, Westphalian (Bentheimisch, Westmünsterländisch): breed
      Westphalian:
      Dortmundisch: braẹ̆t
      Sauerländisch: bräit, brait (Elpe, Felbecke, Finnentrop, Attendorn, Elspe), brǟt (Niedersfeld)
      East Westphalian: breit (Lippe)
      Eastphalian: breit (Wedemark)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish brēþer, from Old Norse breiðr, from Proto-Germanic *braidaz.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eːd

Adjective

bred (comparative bredare, superlative bredast)

  1. wide, broad (having great width)
  2. broad (having great extent)

Declension

Derived terms

  • bredbent
  • bredvid
  • gå den breda vägen

Related terms

  • bredd (“width”)
  • bredda (“to widen”)

See also

  • smal
  • vid

Verb

bred

  1. imperative of breda

References

  • bred in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • bred in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • bred in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Source: wiktionary.org