breeding
Meaning of breeding
- the mating and production of offspring by animals.
the flooding of the rivers is a trigger for breeding to start
- the good manners regarded as characteristic of the aristocracy and conferred by heredity.
that's the kind of modesty you get from good breeding
- (of animals) mate and then produce offspring.
toads are said to return to the pond of their birth to breed
Old English brēdan ‘produce (offspring), bear (a child)’, of Germanic origin; related to German brüten, also to brood.
Information about breeding
- The plural form of breeding is: breedings.
- Languages in which breeding is used:
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Hyphenation of breeding
breed-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- breeding is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
breeding synonyms
Meaning genteelness:
Meaning education:
Meaning bringing up:
fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing
Meaning reproduction:
Meaning produce a copy of:
Meaning obtain from (a number) another which contains the first number a specified number of times:
Meaning the breeding of specimens of a plant or animal by natural processes from the parent stock:
Meaning the action of animals coming together to breed; copulation:
Meaning care for and protect (someone or something) while they are growing:
Meaning a person's origin, descent, or ancestry:
Meaning the identity and origins of one's parents:
Meaning a group of one or more parents and their children living together as a unit:
Meaning the record of descent of an animal, showing it to be pure-bred:
Meaning family background; descent or lineage:
Meaning the goods or merchandise kept on the premises of a shop or warehouse and available for sale or distribution:
Meaning direct descent from an ancestor; ancestry or pedigree:
Meaning the process of removing impurities or unwanted elements from a substance:
Meaning the action of cultivating land, or the state of being cultivated:
Meaning the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively:
Meaning refinement or elegance in a person or thing:
Meaning formal politeness and courtesy in behaviour or speech:
Meaning courteousness and refinement of manner:
Meaning behaviour that is respectful and considerate of other people:
Meaning the showing of politeness in one's attitude and behaviour towards others:
Meaning a set or category of things having some property or attribute in common and differentiated from others by kind, type, or quality:
Meaning good manners; refinement:
Meaning (of an organism) produce offspring by a sexual or asexual process:
Meaning (of people or animals) produce young; reproduce:
Meaning (of an animal or other organism) increase in number by reproducing:
Meaning breed specimens of (a plant or animal) by natural processes from the parent stock:
Meaning (of animals or birds) come together for breeding; copulate:
breeding antonyms
Meaning the state or quality of being vulgar:
Translation of breeding
Anagrams of breeding
Words that rhyme with breeding
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