Definitions for breeding

Overview of noun breeding

The noun breeding has 5 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (1) breeding, genteelness, gentility

(elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression)

2. education, training, breeding

(the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior); "a woman of breeding and refinement")

3. breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing

(helping someone grow up 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)

5. reproduction, procreation, breeding, facts of life

(the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring)

Overview of verb breed

The verb breed has 4 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)

1. (1) engender, breed, spawn

(call forth)

2. (1) breed, cover

(copulate with a female, used especially of horses; "The horse covers the mare")

3. breed

(cause to procreate (animals); "She breeds dogs")

4. breed, multiply

(have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms); "pandas rarely breed in captivity"; "These bacteria reproduce")

Overview of adj breeding

The adj breeding has 1 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (1) breeding

(producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring; "the breeding population"; "retained a few bulls for breeding purposes")