mongrelise

An obsolete verb meaning to make mixed or hybrid in character, often used in a derogatory sense regarding race or breed.

• 🇵🇹Verbo em desuso que significa tornar mestiço, híbrido ou misturado em caráter, frequentemente usado em sentido pejorativo em relação a raça ou linhagem.

1. Cause to become a mongrel C2 formal

   To cause something, especially a breed of animal, to become mixed or impure in origin or nature.

   • The uncontrolled breeding practices threatened to mongrelise the purebred dog population.
   • Some critics argue that globalization will mongrelise distinct cultural traditions.
   • The farmer was careful not to mongrelise his herd by allowing crossbreeding with unknown animals.

   🇵🇹Tornar mestiço

   Sinônimos: crosscrossbreedinterbreed

• mongrelised past participle
• mongrelised past simple
• mongrelising present participle
• mongrelises third person singular