n. | 1. | The act or process of generating or bearing. | |||||||||
2. | The raising or improving of any kind of domestic animals; | ||||||||||
3. | Nurture; education; formation of manners. | ||||||||||
4. | Deportment or behavior in the external offices and decorums of social life; manners; knowledge of, or training in, the ceremonies, or polite observances of society. | ||||||||||
5. | Descent; pedigree; extraction.
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Noun | 1. | breeding - elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression Synonyms: genteelness, gentility |
2. | breeding - the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior); "a woman of breeding and refinement" | |
3. | breeding - raising someone to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important" | |
4. | breeding - the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization | |
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Adj. | 1. | breeding - producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring; "the breeding population"; "retained a few bulls for breeding purposes" |