Highbred
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Highbred is an adjective meaning (of bred animals) Of high-quality stock.
Meaning
(of bred animals) Of high-quality stock.
More Meanings
- (of humans) Showing good breeding and refined manners.
Example Sentences
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell is the story of a highbred horse that leads a tough life in London pulling cabs.
The other night I had a date with the cutest girl in the 48th state/It was a highbred uptown fancy little date.
Though highbred and luxury-loving, as a young man he was not averse to hard political work, and many old-timers still remember the days when "Bill" Whitney delivered cart-tail harangues on the lower east side.
So, taking up their stand on the flagging outside the entrance of the big store, the bare-headed Angel, in her worn gingham frock, highbred and beautiful as a little princess, despite it, struck up with as much effect as a bird's twitter might make.
Word Forms
- high-bred
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include well-bred, wellbred, thoroughbred, topcrossbred, truebred, ill-bred.
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