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- Dictionarybreeding/ˈbriːdɪŋ/
noun
- 1. the mating and production of offspring by animals: "the flooding of the rivers is a trigger for breeding to start" Similar
- 2. the good manners regarded as characteristic of the aristocracy and conferred by heredity: "that's the kind of modesty you get from good breeding" Similar Opposite
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1. : the action or process of bearing or generating. 2. : ancestry. 3. archaic : education. she had her breeding at my father's charge William Shakespeare. b. : training in or observance of the proprieties. 4. : the sexual propagation of plants or animals. Synonyms. ancestry. birth. bloodline. descent. extraction. family tree. genealogy. lineage.
BREEDING definition: 1. the keeping of animals or plants in order to breed from them: 2. the process in which animals…. Learn more.
noun. the process of bearing offspring; reproduction. the process of producing plants or animals by sexual reproduction. the result of good training, esp the knowledge of correct social behaviour; refinement. a man of breeding. a person's line of descent. his breeding was suspect.
If someone says that a person has breeding, they mean that they think the person is from a good social background and has good manners. It's a sign of good breeding to know the names of all your staff.
n. 1. One's line of descent; ancestry: a person of noble breeding. 2. Upbringing or education, especially in proper social behavior. 3. The production of offspring or young: measures to control the breeding of mosquitoes. 4. The propagation of animals or plants: a farm devoted to the breeding of horses.
BREEDING meaning: 1 : the process by which young animals, birds, etc., are produced by their parents often used before another noun; 2 : the activity of keeping and caring for animals or plants in order to produce more animals or plants of a particular kind often used before another noun.
BREEDING definition: 1. the process in which animals produce young animals: 2. the activity of keeping animals in order…. Learn more.
the result of upbringing or training as shown in behavior and manners; manners, especially good manners: You can tell when a person has breeding. Energy . the production in a nuclear reactor of more fissile material than is consumed.
Definition of breeding noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. : to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation. yet every mother breeds not sons alike Shakespeare. 2. a. : beget sense 1. He bred a daughter. b. : produce, engender. despair often breeds violence. 3. biology : to propagate (plants or animals) sexually and usually under controlled conditions.
