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Exodejavu Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary
"bread" as a verb?
Hi,
What does the "bread" mean here?
Would it be a typo?
Or is it of a slang use?
I know that "bread" has a verbal use after a look-up in the online Merriam-Webster Dictionary [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bread%5B2%5D], but I fail to contextualized the situation...
Sincerely,
Quoted from http://www.amazon.com/Merriam-Websters-Dictionary-English-Usage-Merriam-Webster/dp/0877791325, the first one by Daniel Roth.
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What does the "bread" mean here?
Would it be a typo?
Or is it of a slang use?
I know that "bread" has a verbal use after a look-up in the online Merriam-Webster Dictionary [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bread%5B2%5D], but I fail to contextualized the situation...
Sincerely,
Top answer
Should have been "breed" - cause to be created
- Should have been "breed" - cause to be created
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Or perhaps they meant "bred," the past tense of "breed," which is pronounced the same as "bread."
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