Definition of INBRED

inbred

Plural: inbreds

Adjective

  • produced by inbreeding

Adjective Satellite

  • normally existing at birth

Adj

  • Bred within; innate.
  • Having an ancestry characterized by inbreeding.
  • Describing a strain produced through successive generations of inbreeding resulting in a population of genetically identical individuals which are homozygous at all genetic loci.
  • Insular or self-contained, primarily interacting with and drawing upon one another.

Noun

  • An individual resulting from the breeding of closely related parents.
  • A plant or animal produced by inbreeding.
  • A person born of incest.

Verb

  • simple past and past participle of inbreed

Examples

  • His Words With Friends dictionary seemed inbred, only containing words from a single language.
  • Since you all marry your cousins I bet you're a bunch of inbreds.

Origin / Etymology

From the past participle of inbreed, equivalent to in- + bred.

Antonyms

outbred

Scrabble Score: 9

inbred: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
inbred: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
inbred: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

inbred: valid Words With Friends Word