breedingn.

/ˈbriːdɪŋ/

Etymology: < breed v. + -ing suffix¹.

a. Bringing to the birth; hatching; production of young. breeding of teeth: dentition (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [noun] > bringing forth young

breeding1387

whelping1398

broodc1440

feture?1440

litterc1440

littering1542

fall1593

litterage1601

cast1646

the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > tooth or teeth > [noun] > dentition

toothingc1440

breeding of teeth1544

dentition1615

teething1732

milk teething1822

eruption1859

1387 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) xvii. ii. 600 Grete bredynge of beestis is in suche places.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3479 Hir breding was ful selcut sare, Bot hir chiltting was mikel mare.

c1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 635 For bredynge To set an hen on eyron ix is goode.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 49 Bredynge, or brodynge..of birdys.

1544 T. Phaer Regim. Lyfe (1560) S v b Breedyng of teeth.

1712 London Gaz. No. 4976/2 Illness..occasioned by the breeding of his Teeth.

1836 Penny Cycl. VI. 378/2 The breeding and fattening of cattle.

†b. Hence (informally): extraction, parentage. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > lineage or descent > [noun]

kinc892

strindc900

i-cundeOE

bloodOE

kindredOE

birtha1250

strainc1275

gesta1300

offspring?a1300

lineagea1330

descentc1330

linec1330

progenya1382

generationc1384

engendrurec1390

ancestry?a1400

genealogya1400

kind?a1400

stranda1400

coming?a1425

bedc1430

descencec1443

descension1447

ligneea1450

originc1450

family1474

originala1475

extraction1477

nativityc1485

parentelea1492

stirpc1503

stem?c1550

race1563

parentage1565

brood1590

ancientry1596

descendance1599

breeding1600

descendancy1603

delineation1606

extract1631

ancestory1650

agnation1782

havage1799

engendure1867

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. iii. 108 I know not your breeding .

1606 J. Day Ile of Guls sig. E4^v Lis... What breeding hast had? Man. Verie good breeding Sir: My great Graundfather was a Rat-catcher, my Grandsier a Hangman.

c. Nuclear Engineering. The production of fissile material. Cf. breed v. 6c.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with other materials > [noun] > fissile material

breeding1947

1947 G. Gamow One Two Three vii. 184 The favorable and unfavorable conditions for neutron breeding.

1956 A. H. Compton Atomic Quest 324 A breeding reactor.

1956 A. H. Compton Atomic Quest 324 The process by which all the uranium and thorium is made available as fission fuel is known as ‘breeding’.

2. figurative. Origination, production, development.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [noun] > origination or derivation

originalc1425

originationc1443

offspringa1500

origin1528

descent1532

outspring1538

breeding1549

pedigree1566

exorture1578

genesis1604

edition1605

derivation1609

elementing1638

procedure1651

ingeneration1652

originacy1659

filiation1799

upgrowth1844

1549 Princess Elizabeth in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. II. 157 That shulde be but a bridinge of a ivel wil of the people.

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxvii. 497 The breeding of Kingdomes and Principalities.

1625 J. Ussher Answer to Jesuite 400 The breedings of this disease.

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 62 The heat which was in fermentation whilst they [Minerals] were yet in breeding.

3. The rearing and training of the young; bringing up: formerly in sense of ‘education’.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > upbringing > [noun]

nourishingc1325

nurturec1330

afaitementc1400

nurseryc1400

nortelryc1405

alterage?c1450

nouriturec1450

rulec1525

upbringingc1525

education1527

nourituring1555

nutriture1567

breeding1577

nurturing1578

nuzzling1586

rearing1611

frame1632

seasoning1649

nurtureship1837

child-rearing1842

paedotrophy1857

raising1929

1577 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Chron. 91 For y^e breeding of children..and the marriage of Orphans.

1659 J. Milton Considerations touching Hirelings 129 [They] have had the most of thir breeding both at schoole and universitie by scholarships.

a1704 T. Brown Bantering Declam. in Wks. (1707) I. i. 61 You had never very good Breeding thus to laugh at my Ingenuity.

1781 R. B. Sheridan Trip to Scarborough i. i She has her breeding within doors: the parson teaches her to play upon the dulcimer.

1859 J. S. Mill On Liberty ii. 48 His Stoical breeding.

1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad I. ii. 61 Royal birth and breeding.

4. The results of training as shown in personal manners and behaviour; generally used for ‘good breeding’, good or proper manners.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [noun] > good manners or polite behaviour > as a result of good breeding

gentilesse1340

gentryc1390

afaitementc1400

gentleness?c1400

gentility1590

breeding1600

good breeding1603

genteelism1849

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. vii. 33 In graces, and in qualities of breeding .

1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. Introd. Pref. sig. a2 As I fancy'd Persons, of their Breeding and tempers, would talk to one another.

1689 T. Shadwell Bury-Fair i. i. 122 It out does St. James Square in dressing and breeding.

1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 21. ⁋2 The Height of good Breeding.

1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. i. xii. 41 Mind what Men of parts and breeding say.

1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. III. 142 This romantic message, which was quite in the breeding of the times.

1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey V. vii. ix. 131 Her total ignorance of all breeding is amusing.

1870 R. G. White Words & their Uses (1881) 62 That tone of voice which indicates breeding rather than education, etc.

Compounds

General attributive.

breeding-cage n.

breeding-dress n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > feather > [noun] > breeding plumage

breeding-dress1936

breeding plumage1938

1936 Brit. Birds 29 234 In May numbers appear to be in full breeding dress.

breeding-ground n. figurative

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by habitat > habitat > [noun] > breeding-ground

breeding-place1841

breeding-ground1856

breeding station1920

breeding territory1920

the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [noun] > place of origin and early development

wombc1400

promptuary?a1425

seminairc1440

nursery1509

matrice1555

seed plot1556

matrix1586

seminary1592

seedbed1618

nidus1807

whence1832

breeding-place1841

breeding-ground1856

breeding range1890

whenceness1922

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxi. 268 Ducks..seeking their breeding-grounds.

1931 V. A. Demant This Unemployment i. 15 The atmosphere of acquiescence..is the most fruitful breeding-ground of practical atheism.

breeding-habit n.

ΚΠ

1937 British Birds XXXI. 84 Observations concerning breeding-habits.

breeding-hole n.

breeding-place n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by habitat > habitat > [noun] > breeding-ground

breeding-place1841

breeding-ground1856

breeding station1920

breeding territory1920

the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [noun] > place of origin and early development

wombc1400

promptuary?a1425

seminairc1440

nursery1509

matrice1555

seed plot1556

matrix1586

seminary1592

seedbed1618

nidus1807

whence1832

breeding-place1841

breeding-ground1856

breeding range1890

whenceness1922

1841 in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 1 ix. 252 The favourite..breeding-places of these birds.

1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes II. iv. 109 A breeding-place of fever, ague, and death.

breeding plumage n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > feather > [noun] > breeding plumage

breeding-dress1936

breeding plumage1938

1938 British Birds 32 19 Mr. Blake caught it and noticed the breeding plumage and oiled underparts.

Thesaurus »

Categories »

breeding-pond n.

breeding range n.

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the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [noun] > place of origin and early development

wombc1400

promptuary?a1425

seminairc1440

nursery1509

matrice1555

seed plot1556

matrix1586

seminary1592

seedbed1618

nidus1807

whence1832

breeding-place1841

breeding-ground1856

breeding range1890

whenceness1922

1890 Stock Grower 1 Feb. 11/2 Breeding range, on the Pecos River, New Mexico.

1920 H. E. Howard Territory in Bird Life ii. 44 The district..lies well within the limits of the breeding range of most of our common species.

Thesaurus »

breeding-season n.

breeding sickness n.

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the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > confinement > [noun] > labour or pains

cothec1000

throea1200

pining throesc1225

travailc1300

showera1350

paina1398

travailinga1400

throng1540

labouring1598

travail pang1652

travail pain1662

labour pains1703

mother-pain1709

mother-pang1710

breeding sicknessa1714

bearing pain1787

troublea1825

birth throe1837

a1714 M. Henry Wks. I. 552 It may minister some comfort and relief to a pious mother, in breeding-sickness.

breeding station n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by habitat > habitat > [noun] > breeding-ground

breeding-place1841

breeding-ground1856

breeding station1920

breeding territory1920

1920 H. E. Howard Territory in Bird Life 59 Guillemots and Razorbills return at intervals to the breeding stations early in the season.

breeding-stock n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > domestic animal > [noun] > livestock > stock or breed > animals kept for breeding

storer1569

breeding-stock1840

1840 J. Morton in Rep. Sel. Farms (Libr. Useful Knowl., Husb. III) 17 The healthiness..of the stock, upon this farm..is a great inducement to keep a large breeding-stock.

breeding storm n.

ΚΠ

1961 Guardian 21 Nov. 8/5 Man..has started a breeding storm in his own species.

breeding territory n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by habitat > habitat > [noun] > breeding-ground

breeding-place1841

breeding-ground1856

breeding station1920

breeding territory1920

1920 H. E. Howard Territory in Bird Life 26 The evolution of the breeding territory may have been influenced by relationships in the inorganic world.

breeding-time n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [noun] > mating > season

seasona1425

riding seasonc1425

belling1553

breeding-time1711

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 128. ¶3 Their Songs begin a little before Breeding-time.

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breedingadj.

/ˈbriːdɪŋ/

Etymology: < breed v. + -ing suffix².

That breeds: see the verb.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective]

waxing1297

multiplyinga1400

augmentive1483

breeding1552

crescent1568

growingc1587

enhancinga1592

creasing1592

teeming1597

increasing1600

auctive1634

echinga1644

multiplicating1661

gliscent1669

enlarging1694

augmenting1745

swelling1854

the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [adjective]

bearingOE

genderinga1398

multiplyinga1400

fecundc1420

broodya1522

fruitful1526

breeding1552

procreant1588

procreative1598

increasing1600

broodious1602

prolifical1608

conceptiousa1616

plenteousa1616

conceptive1630

feracious1637

propagatory1647

prolific1650

proliferous1654

propagative1654

progenial1664

teemful1755

progenitive1769

breedy1824

proligerous1836

progenital1837

philoprogenitive1857

eugenesic1864

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Breding, or full of breadyng, fœtuosus.

1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. C^v A breeding Iennet, lustie, young, and proud.

1641 J. Milton Animadversions 12 The malignity of that breeding corruption.

1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 80 A breeding Mare.

1856 F. L. Olmsted Journey Slave States 55 A breeding woman is worth from one-sixth to one-fourth more than one that does not breed.

Derivatives

ˈbreedingness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [noun] > quality or capacity of

feracityc1420

fecundity1447

fertility1490

virility1598

fruitfulness1624

Priapus1637

procreativeness1655

breedingness1674

prolificness1678

prolificalness1699

polytoky1702

breediness1753

prolificacy1756

philoprogenitiveness1842

propagability1853

teemfulness1855

teeming1856

progenitiveness1868

fecundability1926

1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 132 The life..is but a frame or draught of springs, leavened into a breedingness.

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单词	breeding
释义	breedingn. /ˈbriːdɪŋ/ Etymology: < breed v. + -ing suffix¹. 1. a. Bringing to the birth; hatching; production of young. breeding of teeth: dentition (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [noun] > bringing forth young breeding1387 whelping1398 broodc1440 feture?1440 litterc1440 littering1542 fall1593 litterage1601 cast1646 the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > tooth or teeth > [noun] > dentition toothingc1440 breeding of teeth1544 dentition1615 teething1732 milk teething1822 eruption1859 1387 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) xvii. ii. 600 Grete bredynge of beestis is in suche places. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3479 Hir breding was ful selcut sare, Bot hir chiltting was mikel mare. c1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 635 For bredynge To set an hen on eyron ix is goode. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 49 Bredynge, or brodynge..of birdys. 1544 T. Phaer Regim. Lyfe (1560) S v b Breedyng of teeth. 1712 London Gaz. No. 4976/2 Illness..occasioned by the breeding of his Teeth. 1836 Penny Cycl. VI. 378/2 The breeding and fattening of cattle. †b. Hence (informally): extraction, parentage. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > lineage or descent > [noun] kinc892 strindc900 i-cundeOE bloodOE kindredOE birtha1250 strainc1275 gesta1300 offspring?a1300 lineagea1330 descentc1330 linec1330 progenya1382 generationc1384 engendrurec1390 ancestry?a1400 genealogya1400 kind?a1400 stranda1400 coming?a1425 bedc1430 descencec1443 descension1447 ligneea1450 originc1450 family1474 originala1475 extraction1477 nativityc1485 parentelea1492 stirpc1503 stem?c1550 race1563 parentage1565 brood1590 ancientry1596 descendance1599 breeding1600 descendancy1603 delineation1606 extract1631 ancestory1650 agnation1782 havage1799 engendure1867 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. iii. 108 I know not your breeding . View more context for this quotation 1606 J. Day Ile of Guls sig. E4^v Lis... What breeding hast had? Man. Verie good breeding Sir: My great Graundfather was a Rat-catcher, my Grandsier a Hangman. c. Nuclear Engineering. The production of fissile material. Cf. breed v. 6c. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with other materials > [noun] > fissile material breeding1947 1947 G. Gamow One Two Three vii. 184 The favorable and unfavorable conditions for neutron breeding. 1956 A. H. Compton Atomic Quest 324 A breeding reactor. 1956 A. H. Compton Atomic Quest 324 The process by which all the uranium and thorium is made available as fission fuel is known as ‘breeding’. 2. figurative. Origination, production, development. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [noun] > origination or derivation originalc1425 originationc1443 offspringa1500 origin1528 descent1532 outspring1538 breeding1549 pedigree1566 exorture1578 genesis1604 edition1605 derivation1609 elementing1638 procedure1651 ingeneration1652 originacy1659 filiation1799 upgrowth1844 1549 Princess Elizabeth in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. II. 157 That shulde be but a bridinge of a ivel wil of the people. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxvii. 497 The breeding of Kingdomes and Principalities. 1625 J. Ussher Answer to Jesuite 400 The breedings of this disease. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 62 The heat which was in fermentation whilst they [Minerals] were yet in breeding. 3. The rearing and training of the young; bringing up: formerly in sense of ‘education’. ΘΚΠ society > education > upbringing > [noun] nourishingc1325 nurturec1330 afaitementc1400 nurseryc1400 nortelryc1405 alterage?c1450 nouriturec1450 rulec1525 upbringingc1525 education1527 nourituring1555 nutriture1567 breeding1577 nurturing1578 nuzzling1586 rearing1611 frame1632 seasoning1649 nurtureship1837 child-rearing1842 paedotrophy1857 raising1929 1577 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Chron. 91 For y^e breeding of children..and the marriage of Orphans. 1659 J. Milton Considerations touching Hirelings 129 [They] have had the most of thir breeding both at schoole and universitie by scholarships. a1704 T. Brown Bantering Declam. in Wks. (1707) I. i. 61 You had never very good Breeding thus to laugh at my Ingenuity. 1781 R. B. Sheridan Trip to Scarborough i. i She has her breeding within doors: the parson teaches her to play upon the dulcimer. 1859 J. S. Mill On Liberty ii. 48 His Stoical breeding. 1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad I. ii. 61 Royal birth and breeding. 4. The results of training as shown in personal manners and behaviour; generally used for ‘good breeding’, good or proper manners. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [noun] > good manners or polite behaviour > as a result of good breeding gentilesse1340 gentryc1390 afaitementc1400 gentleness?c1400 gentility1590 breeding1600 good breeding1603 genteelism1849 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. vii. 33 In graces, and in qualities of breeding . View more context for this quotation 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. Introd. Pref. sig. a2 As I fancy'd Persons, of their Breeding and tempers, would talk to one another. 1689 T. Shadwell Bury-Fair i. i. 122 It out does St. James Square in dressing and breeding. 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 21. ⁋2 The Height of good Breeding. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. i. xii. 41 Mind what Men of parts and breeding say. 1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. III. 142 This romantic message, which was quite in the breeding of the times. 1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey V. vii. ix. 131 Her total ignorance of all breeding is amusing. 1870 R. G. White Words & their Uses (1881) 62 That tone of voice which indicates breeding rather than education, etc. Compounds General attributive. breeding-cage n. breeding-dress n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > feather > [noun] > breeding plumage breeding-dress1936 breeding plumage1938 1936 Brit. Birds 29 234 In May numbers appear to be in full breeding dress. breeding-ground n. figurative ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habitat > habitat > [noun] > breeding-ground breeding-place1841 breeding-ground1856 breeding station1920 breeding territory1920 the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [noun] > place of origin and early development wombc1400 promptuary?a1425 seminairc1440 nursery1509 matrice1555 seed plot1556 matrix1586 seminary1592 seedbed1618 nidus1807 whence1832 breeding-place1841 breeding-ground1856 breeding range1890 whenceness1922 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxi. 268 Ducks..seeking their breeding-grounds. 1931 V. A. Demant This Unemployment i. 15 The atmosphere of acquiescence..is the most fruitful breeding-ground of practical atheism. breeding-habit n. ΚΠ 1937 British Birds XXXI. 84 Observations concerning breeding-habits. breeding-hole n. breeding-place n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habitat > habitat > [noun] > breeding-ground breeding-place1841 breeding-ground1856 breeding station1920 breeding territory1920 the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [noun] > place of origin and early development wombc1400 promptuary?a1425 seminairc1440 nursery1509 matrice1555 seed plot1556 matrix1586 seminary1592 seedbed1618 nidus1807 whence1832 breeding-place1841 breeding-ground1856 breeding range1890 whenceness1922 1841 in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 1 ix. 252 The favourite..breeding-places of these birds. 1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes II. iv. 109 A breeding-place of fever, ague, and death. breeding plumage n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > feather > [noun] > breeding plumage breeding-dress1936 breeding plumage1938 1938 British Birds 32 19 Mr. Blake caught it and noticed the breeding plumage and oiled underparts. Thesaurus » Categories » breeding-pond n. breeding range n. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [noun] > place of origin and early development wombc1400 promptuary?a1425 seminairc1440 nursery1509 matrice1555 seed plot1556 matrix1586 seminary1592 seedbed1618 nidus1807 whence1832 breeding-place1841 breeding-ground1856 breeding range1890 whenceness1922 1890 Stock Grower 1 Feb. 11/2 Breeding range, on the Pecos River, New Mexico. 1920 H. E. Howard Territory in Bird Life ii. 44 The district..lies well within the limits of the breeding range of most of our common species. Thesaurus » breeding-season n. breeding sickness n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > confinement > [noun] > labour or pains cothec1000 throea1200 pining throesc1225 travailc1300 showera1350 paina1398 travailinga1400 throng1540 labouring1598 travail pang1652 travail pain1662 labour pains1703 mother-pain1709 mother-pang1710 breeding sicknessa1714 bearing pain1787 troublea1825 birth throe1837 a1714 M. Henry Wks. I. 552 It may minister some comfort and relief to a pious mother, in breeding-sickness. breeding station n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habitat > habitat > [noun] > breeding-ground breeding-place1841 breeding-ground1856 breeding station1920 breeding territory1920 1920 H. E. Howard Territory in Bird Life 59 Guillemots and Razorbills return at intervals to the breeding stations early in the season. breeding-stock n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > domestic animal > [noun] > livestock > stock or breed > animals kept for breeding storer1569 breeding-stock1840 1840 J. Morton in Rep. Sel. Farms (Libr. Useful Knowl., Husb. III) 17 The healthiness..of the stock, upon this farm..is a great inducement to keep a large breeding-stock. breeding storm n. ΚΠ 1961 Guardian 21 Nov. 8/5 Man..has started a breeding storm in his own species. breeding territory n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habitat > habitat > [noun] > breeding-ground breeding-place1841 breeding-ground1856 breeding station1920 breeding territory1920 1920 H. E. Howard Territory in Bird Life 26 The evolution of the breeding territory may have been influenced by relationships in the inorganic world. breeding-time n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [noun] > mating > season seasona1425 riding seasonc1425 belling1553 breeding-time1711 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 128. ¶3 Their Songs begin a little before Breeding-time. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). breedingadj. /ˈbriːdɪŋ/ Etymology: < breed v. + -ing suffix². That breeds: see the verb. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] waxing1297 multiplyinga1400 augmentive1483 breeding1552 crescent1568 growingc1587 enhancinga1592 creasing1592 teeming1597 increasing1600 auctive1634 echinga1644 multiplicating1661 gliscent1669 enlarging1694 augmenting1745 swelling1854 the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [adjective] bearingOE genderinga1398 multiplyinga1400 fecundc1420 broodya1522 fruitful1526 breeding1552 procreant1588 procreative1598 increasing1600 broodious1602 prolifical1608 conceptiousa1616 plenteousa1616 conceptive1630 feracious1637 propagatory1647 prolific1650 proliferous1654 propagative1654 progenial1664 teemful1755 progenitive1769 breedy1824 proligerous1836 progenital1837 philoprogenitive1857 eugenesic1864 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Breding, or full of breadyng, fœtuosus. 1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. C^v A breeding Iennet, lustie, young, and proud. View more context for this quotation 1641 J. Milton Animadversions 12 The malignity of that breeding corruption. 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 80 A breeding Mare. 1856 F. L. Olmsted Journey Slave States 55 A breeding woman is worth from one-sixth to one-fourth more than one that does not breed. Derivatives ˈbreedingness n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [noun] > quality or capacity of feracityc1420 fecundity1447 fertility1490 virility1598 fruitfulness1624 Priapus1637 procreativeness1655 breedingness1674 prolificness1678 prolificalness1699 polytoky1702 breediness1753 prolificacy1756 philoprogenitiveness1842 propagability1853 teemfulness1855 teeming1856 progenitiveness1868 fecundability1926 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 132 The life..is but a frame or draught of springs, leavened into a breedingness. 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