Breeding - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior) (syn: education, training)
- the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization
- the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring (syn: procreation, reproduction)
adjective
retained a few bulls for breeding purposes
Extra examples
She became involved in the breeding of sled dogs.
His politeness shows good breeding.
Open-sea fish lay several million eggs each breeding season.
Benson took great care in selecting breeding stock (=animals you keep to breed from).
The young lieutenant had an air of wealth and good breeding.
He got into the business of breeding cattle.
She believes that we are breeding a generation of children who know nothing about the history of their country.
The whales migrate between their feeding ground in the north and their breeding ground in the Caribbean.
...Gregory Mendel worked out his concepts of genetics by doing breeding experiments using pea plants in the monastery's garden....
Courtesy is the cachet of good breeding.
Are schools breeding (=producing) a race of children incapable of making decisions for themselves?
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