Past simple and past participle
breed
Breed is an irregular verb: its past simple is bred and its past participle is bred.
- Base form
- breed
- Past simple
- bred
- Past participle
- bred
- Definition
- (Of animals) mate and then produce offspring.
- Example
- “Toads are said to return to the pond of their birth to breed.”
- CEFR level
- B2On the CEFR scale, from A1 (beginner) to C2 (proficient).
- Pattern
- The past simple and the past participle are the same, like bring, brought, brought.