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Noun: breeding breeding- Elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression
- genteelness, gentility - The result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behaviour)
"a woman of breeding and refinement"
- education, training - Helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
- bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing - The production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization
- The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
- reproduction, procreation, facts of life
Adjective: breeding breeding- Producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring
"the breeding population"; "retained a few bulls for breeding purposes"
Verb: breed (bred) breed- Call forth
- engender, spawn - Copulate with a female, used especially of horses
- cover - Cause to procreate (animals)
"She breeds dogs" - Have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms)
"pandas rarely breed in captivity"
- multiply
Derived forms: breedings See also: breeder, fruitful Type of: acculturation, cause, copulate, couple, create, do, elegance, enculturation, make, mate, multiply, pair, procreate, produce, production, reproduce, sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice, socialisation [Brit], socialization, upbringing Encyclopedia: Breed Breed, WI Breed, Wisconsin Breeding |