Words that rhyme with proofread
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accede
v 1: yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure" [syn: submit, bow, defer, accede, give in] 2: take on duties or office; "accede to the throne" [syn: accede, enter] 3: to agree or express agreement; "The Maestro assented to the request for an encore" [syn: assent, accede, acquiesce] [ant: dissent] -
agreed
adj 1: united by being of the same opinion; "agreed in their distrust of authority" [syn: agreed, in agreement(p)] -
bead
n 1: a small ball with a hole through the middle 2: a shape that is spherical and small; "he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops"; "beads of sweat on his forehead" [syn: drop, bead, pearl] 3: a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture [syn: beading, bead, beadwork, astragal] v 1: form into beads, as of water or sweat, for example 2: decorate by sewing beads onto; "bead the wedding gown" 3: string together like beads -
bedspread
n 1: decorative cover for a bed [syn: bedspread, bedcover, bed cover, bed covering, counterpane, spread] -
bleed
v 1: lose blood from one's body [syn: shed blood, bleed, hemorrhage] 2: draw blood; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment" [syn: bleed, leech, phlebotomize, phlebotomise] 3: get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone; "They bled me dry--I have nothing left!" 4: be diffused; "These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run" [syn: run, bleed] 5: drain of liquid or steam; "bleed the radiators"; "the mechanic bled the engine" -
breed
n 1: a special variety of domesticated animals within a species; "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new strain of sheep" [syn: breed, strain, stock] 2: a special type; "Google represents a new breed of entrepreneurs" v 1: call forth [syn: engender, breed, spawn] 2: copulate with a female, used especially of horses; "The horse covers the mare" [syn: breed, cover] 3: cause to procreate (animals); "She breeds dogs" 4: have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms); "pandas rarely breed in captivity"; "These bacteria reproduce" [syn: breed, multiply] -
cede
v 1: give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another [syn: concede, yield, cede, grant] 2: relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in" [syn: surrender, cede, deliver, give up] -
concede
v 1: admit (to a wrongdoing); "She confessed that she had taken the money" [syn: concede, profess, confess] 2: be willing to concede; "I grant you this much" [syn: concede, yield, grant] 3: give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another [syn: concede, yield, cede, grant] 4: acknowledge defeat; "The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose" -
cornbread
n 1: bread made primarily of cornmeal -
creed
n 1: any system of principles or beliefs [syn: creed, credo] 2: the written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group [syn: religious doctrine, church doctrine, gospel, creed] -
crossbred
adj 1: bred from parents of different varieties or species [ant: purebred] -
crossbreed
n 1: (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species; "a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey" [syn: hybrid, crossbreed, cross] v 1: breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties; "cross a horse and a donkey"; "Mendel tried crossbreeding"; "these species do not interbreed" [syn: crossbreed, cross, hybridize, hybridise, interbreed] -
decreed
adj 1: fixed or established especially by order or command; "at the time appointed (or the appointed time") [syn: appointed, decreed, ordained, prescribed] -
gingerbread
n 1: cake flavored with ginger -
inbred
adj 1: produced by inbreeding [ant: outbred] 2: normally existing at birth; "mankind's connatural sense of the good" [syn: connatural, inborn, inbred] -
infrared
adj 1: having or employing wavelengths longer than light but shorter than radio waves; lying outside the visible spectrum at its red end; "infrared radiation"; "infrared photography" n 1: the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum; electromagnetic wave frequencies below the visible range; "they could sense radiation in the infrared" [syn: infrared, infrared frequency] 2: electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths longer than visible light but shorter than radio waves [syn: infrared, infrared light, infrared radiation, infrared emission] -
interbreed
v 1: breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties; "cross a horse and a donkey"; "Mendel tried crossbreeding"; "these species do not interbreed" [syn: crossbreed, cross, hybridize, hybridise, interbreed] -
misread
v 1: read or interpret wrongly; "He misread the data" 2: interpret wrongly; "I misread Hamlet all my life!" [syn: misread, misinterpret] -
outspread
adj 1: fully extended in width; "outspread wings"; "with arms spread wide" [syn: outspread, spread] -
overspread
v 1: spread across or over; "A big oil spot spread across the water" [syn: spread, overspread] -
packthread
n 1: a strong three-ply twine used to sew or tie packages -
purebred
adj 1: bred for many generations from member of a recognized breed or strain [ant: crossbred] n 1: a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses [syn: thoroughbred, purebred, pureblood] -
reread
v 1: read anew; read again; "He re-read her letters to him" -
retread
n 1: a used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads [syn: retread, recap] v 1: use again in altered form; "retread an old plot" [syn: rework, make over, retread] 2: give new treads to (a tire) [syn: retread, remold, remould] -
shortbread
n 1: very rich thick butter cookie [syn: shortbread, shortbread cookie] -
sweetbread
n 1: edible glands of an animal [syn: sweetbread, sweetbreads] -
thoroughbred
adj 1: having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal [syn: pedigree(a), pedigreed, pureblood, pureblooded, thoroughbred] n 1: a well-bred person 2: a racehorse belonging to a breed that originated from a cross between Arabian stallions and English mares 3: a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses [syn: thoroughbred, purebred, pureblood] -
unread
adj 1: not informed through reading; "he seems to have been wholly unread in political theory"- V.L.Parrington -
widespread
adj 1: widely circulated or diffused; "a widespread doctrine"; "widespread fear of nuclear war" 2: distributed over a considerable extent; "far-flung trading operations"; "the West's far-flung mountain ranges"; "widespread nuclear fallout" [syn: far-flung, widespread] -
wingspread
n 1: distance between the tips of the wings (as of a bird or insect) when fully extended 2: linear distance between the extremities of an airfoil [syn: wingspan, wingspread] -
interbred
adj 1: bred of closely related parents -
flatbread
n 1: any of various breads made from usually unleavened dough -
ethelred
n 1: king of the English who succeeded to the throne after his half-brother Edward the Martyr was murdered; he struggled unsuccessfully against the invading Danes (969-1016) [syn: Ethelred, Ethelred II, Ethelred the Unready] 2: king of Wessex and Kent and elder brother of Alfred; Alfred joined Ethelred's battle against the invading Danes and succeeded him on his death (died in 871) [syn: Ethelred, Ethelred I] -
underbred
adj 1: (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace [syn: ill- bred, bounderish, lowbred, rude, underbred, yokelish] 2: of inferior or mixed breed; "an underbred dog" -
siegfried
n 1: (German mythology) mythical German warrior hero of the Nibelungenlied who takes possession of the accursed treasure of the Nibelungs by slaying the dragon that guards it and awakens Brynhild and is eventually killed; Sigurd is the Norse counterpart -
copyread
v 1: edit and correct (written or printed material) [syn: copyread, subedit, copyedit] -
sowbread
n 1: common wild European cyclamen with pink flowers [syn: sowbread, Cyclamen hederifolium, Cyclamen neopolitanum] -
filigreed
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inbreed
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outbreed
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unthread
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whitbread
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shewbread
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waybread
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crispbread
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