type of dog, cat or farm animal (Si# ( Alit AlioWW , IS A # H ) : Labradors and other large breeds of dog ft ft ft 0 A R & \t A M ft # $ 0 a breed o/ cattle/sheep, etc. 3£^ft#W*K ^#2 [usually sing.] a type of person ( A A*J )  §!, # ^: He represents a

new breed of politician, life ft i H §r —     0

Players as skilful as this are a rare breed.

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breed-er /’bri:da(r)/ noun a person who breeds animals

a dog/horse/cattle, etc. breeder I, B,,

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breed ing /'briidirj/ noun [U] 1 the keeping of animals in order to breed from them ( fj % M. ) f§! If:         the

breeding of horses              2 the producing of young

animals, plants, etc. ( zft ifi (ft ) #£ W , M 8t :          the

breeding season f 3 the family or social back­

ground that is thought to result in good manners #; #: a sign of good breeding     (ft WM

'breeding ground noun 1 [usually pi.] a place where wild animals go to produce their young (      )

% 3® Jtfe 2 - (for sth) [usually sing.] a place where sth, especially sth bad, is able to develop (      )

M. :     This area of the city has become a breeding

ground for violent crime. M^7]J E E fit % H A ^ W %

breeze /bri:z/ noun, verb

m noun 1 [C] a light wind #B|; fPM: a sea breeze fjsfn 0 The flowers were gently swaying in the breeze. ft J Lit ^ M tf'tSfr: ^ zjfj o OA light breeze was blowing. $£Jxpl ^ o 2 [sing.] (informal) a thing that is easy to do It was a breeze.          Ac

ITiTSi see shoot v.

■                  verb [V +adv./prep.] to move in a cheerful and confident

way in a particular direction        S ft : She just

breezed in and asked me to help.        — ]^ M ftl $J $5, M

5(t,    miidM breeze 'through sth to do

sth successfully and easily $£ H il M;   He

breezed through the tests.

'breeze block {BrE) {NAmE 'cinder block) noun a light building block, made of sand, coal ashes and cement

breeze-way /'briizwei/ noun (NAmE) an outside passage with a roof and open sides between two separate parts of a building (

mm

breezy /'briizi/ adj. 1 with the wind blowing quite strongly jg M   (ft; ff fill: It was a bright, breezy

day. $PA#MM 0 „ o the breezy east coast ^        2 having or showing a cheerful and relaxed

manner $£ til ‘ft (ft :   You’re very bright and breezy

today!          ! ► breez-ily /'briizili/ adv.: ‘Hi

folks, ’ he said breezily. “ BjS, it fv 0 ” f&   ij£ 0

breezi-ness /'briizinas/ noun [U] breth-ren /'bredran/ noun [pi.] (old-fashioned) 1 used to talk to people in church or to talk about the members of a male religious group ( ft M ) H5EID: let us pray, brethren. i#jDt(W]^0 2 people who are part of the same society as yourself [W] — M ^rfftfitM; [WJii; ]W]A: We should do all we can to help our less fortunate brethren.

Bre-ton /'bretan/ noun, adj.

■                  noun 1 [U] the Celtic language of Brittany in NW France

(         2 [C] a person who was bom

in Brittany or who lives in Brittany () ^iJfg/BA a adj. connected with Brittany or its language or culture

(xit) (ft; mm fern#)

breve /bri:v/ noun {music if) a note that lasts as long as eight crotchets/quarter notes, which is rarely used in modern music Zl^if# (     )

bre-vi-ary /'brirviari; NAmE -eri/ noun {pi. -ries) a book containing the words of the service for each day in the Roman Catholic church ( ^3, A±iSt£-#J ) < 0 iM^> brev-ity /'brevati/ noun [U] {formal) 1 the quality of using few words when speaking or writing M ft ; fU PffiTi conciseness :         The report is a masterpiece of