--- title: B — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 46 description: The 1119 words of the English dictionary under B, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/46/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / B # B — The English dictionary · page 46 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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[50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/50/) … [59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/59/) **breakout** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An escape from a prison or other place by force.[↗](../../breakout/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A sudden start or spread of something, like spots on the skin (an acne breakout).[↗](../../breakout/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (adjective) Suddenly very successful: a breakout star, breakout hit.[↗](../../breakout/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A breakout room or group: a small group split off from a bigger meeting or class.[↗](../../breakout/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The prisoners planned a breakout.[↗](../../breakout/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I had a breakout of spots before the party.[↗](../../breakout/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · This was the singer's breakout hit.[↗](../../breakout/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher put us in breakout rooms on the video call.[↗](../../breakout/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The hens made a breakout through the fence\![↗](../../breakout/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **breakthrough** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A breakthrough is an important discovery or development that suddenly solves a problem or makes great progress.[↗](../../breakthrough/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A breakthrough is a moment when someone finally succeeds after trying for a long time.[↗](../../breakthrough/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A breakthrough is breaking through a barrier, such as an army breaking through enemy lines.[↗](../../breakthrough/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Penicillin was a breakthrough in medicine.[↗](../../breakthrough/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists made a breakthrough in fighting the disease.[↗](../../breakthrough/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · After weeks of practice, I had a breakthrough and could ride without stabilisers.[↗](../../breakthrough/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The detectives made a breakthrough when they found the fingerprint.[↗](../../breakthrough/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The first vaccine was a huge breakthrough.[↗](../../breakthrough/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Learning times tables was my maths breakthrough this year.[↗](../../breakthrough/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The soldiers made a breakthrough in the enemy's defences.[↗](../../breakthrough/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **bream** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A bream is a flat, silvery fish that lives in rivers, lakes and seas.[↗](../../bream/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bream swam slowly under the old bridge.[↗](../../bream/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I think the red bream must be the thief who stole the hook\![↗](../../bream/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Kumbal, the bream, had no better luck than the rest.[↗](../../bream/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **breast** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* One of the two soft round parts on the front of a woman's chest that can make milk to feed a baby.[↗](../../breast/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The front of the chest of a person or animal.[↗](../../breast/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (cooking) The meat from the chest of a bird, like chicken breast.[↗](../../breast/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (literary) The heart, as a place of feelings ("hope in his breast").[↗](../../breast/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (verb) To reach the top of a hill or push through something with your chest.[↗](../../breast/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mammals feed their babies with milk from the breast.[↗](../../breast/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We had chicken breast with vegetables for tea.[↗](../../breast/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The robin has a red breast.[↗](../../breast/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I learned breaststroke at swimming lessons.[↗](../../breast/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She held the kitten to her breast.[↗](../../breast/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He decided to make a clean breast of it and tell the truth.[↗](../../breast/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The runners breasted the hill and saw the finish line.[↗](../../breast/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · An arrow stuck in his breast\![↗](../../breast/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he made the fat smoke upon the altar.[↗](../../breast/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.9.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../breast/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved for a wave-offering before the LORD; as Moses commanded.[↗](../../breast/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.9.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../breast/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the priest shall make the fat smoke upon the altar; but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'.[↗](../../breast/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.7.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../breast/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And wherefore the breasts, that I should suck?[↗](../../breast/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.3.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../breast/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Smiting upon the breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine; (Prophets ISA.32.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../breast/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Thy two breasts are like two fawns that are twins of a gazelle.[↗](../../breast/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.7.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../breast/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **breastbone** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The long flat bone in the middle of the chest, joining the ribs at the front; its scientific name is the sternum.[↗](../../breastbone/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The same bone in a bird, where its flying muscles are fixed.[↗](../../breastbone/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Your ribs join your breastbone at the front.[↗](../../breastbone/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The scientific name for the breastbone is the sternum.[↗](../../breastbone/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In CPR you press down on the lower half of the breastbone.[↗](../../breastbone/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A bird's breastbone has a big ridge for its flight muscles.[↗](../../breastbone/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The heart sits just behind the breastbone, a little to the left.[↗](../../breastbone/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Label the breastbone on the skeleton diagram.[↗](../../breastbone/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **breastplate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A breastplate is a piece of metal armour worn over the chest to protect a fighter in battle.[↗](../../breastplate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The knight polished his breastplate until it shone.[↗](../../breastplate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Protected by his breastplate and lion's skin, Heracles went after the monster.[↗](../../breastplate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old troop-horse grumbled about his crupper and breastplate.[↗](../../breastplate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate.[↗](../../breastplate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.25.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../breastplate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · And they made upon the breastplate plaited chains, of wreathen work of pure gold.[↗](../../breastplate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.39.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../breastplate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt make upon the breastplate plaited chains of wreathen work of pure gold.[↗](../../breastplate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.28.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../breastplate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **breaststroke** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Breaststroke is a way of swimming on your front where your arms push forward together and sweep round to the sides, while your legs kick like a frog.[↗](../../breaststroke/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A breaststroke is one stroke in this style.[↗](../../breaststroke/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I can swim 50 metres of breaststroke.[↗](../../breaststroke/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In breaststroke, your legs kick like a frog.[↗](../../breaststroke/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Breaststroke lets you keep your head above the water.[↗](../../breaststroke/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Adam Peaty is a champion breaststroke swimmer.[↗](../../breaststroke/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our teacher says to glide after each breaststroke.[↗](../../breaststroke/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Breaststroke is slower than front crawl.[↗](../../breaststroke/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She won the 100 metres breaststroke at the school gala.[↗](../../breaststroke/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **breath** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Breath is the air that goes into and out of your lungs.[↗](../../breath/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A breath is one time of breathing in and out.[↗](../../breath/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Out of breath» means breathing fast because you ran or worked hard.[↗](../../breath/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A breath of wind is a light movement of air.[↗](../../breath/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Take a deep breath and count to five.[↗](../../breath/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I was out of breath after the race.[↗](../../breath/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Hold your breath under the water.[↗](../../breath/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · You can see your breath when it's cold.[↗](../../breath/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He said something under his breath.[↗](../../breath/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop and catch your breath.[↗](../../breath/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Brush your teeth for fresh breath.[↗](../../breath/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The new teacher was a breath of fresh air.[↗](../../breath/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · On the hilltop he paused for breath.[↗](../../breath/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, whatsoever was in the dry land, died.[↗](../../breath/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.7.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../breath/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh wherein is the breath of life.[↗](../../breath/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.7.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../breath/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Then the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.[↗](../../breath/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.2.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../breath/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD.[↗](../../breath/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.150.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../breath/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.[↗](../../breath/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.41.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../breath/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Therefore He ended their days as a breath, and their years in terror.[↗](../../breath/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.78.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../breath/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **breathe** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To breathe is to take air into your body and let it out again.[↗](../../breathe/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To breathe in is to take air in; to breathe out is to let it out.[↗](../../breathe/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To breathe can mean to say very softly: «She breathed a word».[↗](../../breathe/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To breathe freely is to feel safe and relaxed, without fear of being caught.[↗](../../breathe/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A person breathes about 16 times a minute.[↗](../../breathe/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · How many breaths in 5 minutes?[↗](../../breathe/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A whale can hold its breath for 20 minutes.[↗](../../breathe/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She breathes in for 4 seconds.[↗](../../breathe/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Breathe in slowly through your nose.[↗](../../breathe/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Fish breathe through their gills.[↗](../../breathe/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Take a deep breath when you feel upset.[↗](../../breathe/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · After the race I could hardly breathe.[↗](../../breathe/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Plants help us breathe by making oxygen.[↗](../../breathe/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · We breathe faster when we run.[↗](../../breathe/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Robbers and smugglers could breathe freely here.[↗](../../breathe/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · It derives from the root נפ״שׁ NPSh, having to do with breathing, refreshing, and resting; its etymological relationships with curiously similar roots like נשׁ״ם NShM ‘to breathe, pant’, נשׁ״ף NShP ‘to blow’, and נשׁ״ב NShB ‘to blow’ are unclear.[↗](../../breathe/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../breathe/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · But on the most literal level, it means ‘wind’, as in the אַרְבָּע רוּחוֹת arbaʽ ruchot ‘four winds’ corresponding to the four cardinal directions, and is also conjured in the verb הֵרִיחַ heriach ‘to smell, breathe in (with the nostrils)’.[↗](../../breathe/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../breathe/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Deliver me not over unto the will of mine adversaries; for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out violence.[↗](../../breathe/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.27.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../breathe/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Until the day breathe, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.[↗](../../breathe/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.4.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../breathe/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · Until the day breathe, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a gazelle or a young hart upon the mountains of spices.[↗](../../breathe/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.2.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../breathe/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") **breatheth** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «breatheth» means «breathes», a form of «breathe».[↗](../../breatheth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To breathe is to take air into your body and let it out again.[↗](../../breatheth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Howbeit of the cities of these peoples, that the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth,[↗](../../breatheth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.20.16, JPS 1917) **breathless** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Out of breath, breathing hard after running or effort.[↗](../../breathless/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Very excited, amazed or eager, so that you almost stop breathing.[↗](../../breathless/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (of air or weather) Still, with no wind.[↗](../../breathless/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I was breathless after running up the hill.[↗](../../breathless/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We watched the final in breathless silence.[↗](../../breathless/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She was breathless with excitement on her birthday.[↗](../../breathless/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The race left everyone breathless.[↗](../../breathless/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · If you feel breathless at rest, tell an adult.[↗](../../breathless/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a breathless, hot afternoon with no breeze.[↗](../../breathless/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He arrived breathless, saying, «The bus has gone!»[↗](../../breathless/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Breathless they watched for the soaring of the red eagle.[↗](../../breathless/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **breathlessly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Breathlessly means in a way that shows you are out of breath, panting after running or after a shock.[↗](../../breathlessly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "Hem! hem!" said the clerk breathlessly, and he sat down on a bank.[↗](../../breathlessly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The boy ran home, crying breathlessly, "Mother, the farmers are close!"[↗](../../breathlessly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She climbed the hill and arrived breathlessly at the top.[↗](../../breathlessly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **breathlessness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Being short of breath and finding it hard to breathe, for example after running or because of illness.[↗](../../breathlessness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A feeling of great excitement or surprise, as if you cannot breathe.[↗](../../breathlessness/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* After the race I felt a bit of breathlessness.[↗](../../breathlessness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Breathlessness can be a sign of an asthma attack.[↗](../../breathlessness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor asked about Grandma's breathlessness.[↗](../../breathlessness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The climbers felt breathlessness high on the mountain.[↗](../../breathlessness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story her breathlessness came from excitement.[↗](../../breathlessness/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Tell an adult if breathlessness doesn't go away.[↗](../../breathlessness/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **breathtaking** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* So beautiful, amazing or exciting that it almost makes you stop breathing.[↗](../../breathtaking/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Shockingly big or surprising, as in «breathtaking rudeness».[↗](../../breathtaking/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The view from the mountain was breathtaking.[↗](../../breathtaking/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The fireworks were breathtaking.[↗](../../breathtaking/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She ran at breathtaking speed.[↗](../../breathtaking/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Grand Canyon is a breathtaking sight.[↗](../../breathtaking/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw breathtaking northern lights in Canada.[↗](../../breathtaking/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · His rudeness was breathtaking\![↗](../../breathtaking/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The dancers gave a breathtaking show.[↗](../../breathtaking/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **breech** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The breech of a gun is the back end, where the shell or bullet is loaded.[↗](../../breech/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old use) A breech is an old form of breeches, short trousers.[↗](../../breech/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") In old stories «Cinder-breech» is a rude name for a dirty, ragged servant.[↗](../../breech/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "Thou art in the right of it," they replied, "it would make people laugh to see a Cinder-breech at a ball."[↗](../../breech/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · "I'm the breech-piece mule of number two gun," said the mule.[↗](../../breech/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The soldiers cleaned the breech of the gun before firing.[↗](../../breech/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **breeches** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Short trousers fastened just below the knee, worn by men in the past and today for horse riding (riding breeches).[↗](../../breeches/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal, old) Trousers.[↗](../../breeches/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The king wore velvet breeches and white stockings.[↗](../../breeches/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She pulled on her riding breeches before her lesson.[↗](../../breeches/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Pirates wore loose breeches.[↗](../../breeches/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He's getting too big for his breeches since he won.[↗](../../breeches/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The footman wore breeches and buckled shoes.[↗](../../breeches/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Breeches stop just below the knee.[↗](../../breeches/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Breeches of crimson velvet, silk stockings, and low, silver-buckled slippers completed his costume.[↗](../../breeches/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · and the mitre of fine linen, and the goodly head-tires of fine linen, and the linen breeches of fine twined linen, (Torah EXO.39.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../breeches/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover the flesh of their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach.[↗](../../breeches/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.28.42, JPS 1917)[↗](../../breeches/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · They shall have linen tires upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with any thing that causeth sweat.[↗](../../breeches/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.44.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../breeches/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **breed** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A breed is a particular kind of dog, cat, horse or farm animal, like a Labrador or a poodle.[↗](../../breed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To breed is for animals to mate and have babies.[↗](../../breed/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To breed animals or plants is to keep them so they have young, choosing the parents carefully.[↗](../../breed/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To breed something, such as a feeling or a problem, is to cause it to grow or happen.[↗](../../breed/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* What breed is your dog?[↗](../../breed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A Labrador is a friendly breed.[↗](../../breed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Frogs breed in ponds in spring.[↗](../../breed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Farmers breed sheep for wool.[↗](../../breed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · This breed of cat has no fur.[↗](../../breed/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Rabbits breed very quickly.[↗](../../breed/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Collies were bred to herd sheep.[↗](../../breed/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Birds build nests in the breeding season.[↗](../../breed/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · It is quite remarkable how one good action always breeds another.[↗](../../breed/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Curd of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and he-goats, with the kidney-fat of wheat; and of the blood of the grape thou drankest foaming wine.[↗](../../breed/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.32.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../breed/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **breeder** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A breeder is a person who keeps animals or plants so they can have young or grow new plants, often to sell them.[↗](../../breeder/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A breeder can be an animal or plant that has young.[↗](../../breeder/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We got our puppy from a breeder.[↗](../../breeder/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A good breeder lets you meet the puppy's mother.[↗](../../breeder/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The breeder keeps horses on a farm.[↗](../../breeder/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Plant breeders made sweeter strawberries.[↗](../../breeder/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Choose a responsible breeder or adopt from a shelter.[↗](../../breeder/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The breeder sold six kittens.[↗](../../breeder/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat breeder showed us the kittens' parents.[↗](../../breeder/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Breeders choose the best animals to have young.[↗](../../breeder/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The eel-breeder was a witty fellow, a merry guest, and brought a measure of brandy with him.[↗](../../breeder/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) … [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/40/) … [45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/45/) **46** [47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/47/) … 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