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inbreed

Pronunciation: /ɪnˈbriːd/
Definition of inbreed

verb (past and past participle inbred)

[no object] (often as noun inbreeding)
  • breed from closely related people or animals, especially over many generations: persistent inbreeding has produced an unusually high frequency of sufferers from this disease if they are allowed to inbreed even further this can eventually spoil the species [with object]:Herbie likes to inbreed his family of pigeons

inbreed in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of inbreed in the US English dictionary