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Definition of "home-bred" [home•-bred]

  • Bred at home; domestic; not foreign. (adjective)
  • Not polished; rude; uncultivated. (adjective)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

Use "home-bred" in a sentence
  • "But even if she did, I could not believe that a home-bred hamster would venture far in the cold, certainly not as far as the pool, an open area without vegetation, where no animal would seek refuge."
  • "Some familiar colours from the Flat will be making a very rare appearance in the jumping arena at Naas on Sunday with Ballymacoll Stud's home-bred four-year-old Director's Forum set to run in the concluding bumper for Jessica Harrington."
  • "On that trip to the backstretch, Juddmonte Farm's great fourth-generation home-bred race mare Proviso wasn't in residence."