Defenition of the word breeding
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Defenition of the word breeding
- The application of genetic principles to the improvement of farm animals and cultivated plants.
- producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring; "the breeding population"; "retained a few bulls for breeding purposes"
- the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization
- raising someone to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"
- the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior); "a woman of breeding and refinement"
- elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression
- the activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
- the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
- helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
- the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)
- producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring
Synonyms for the word breeding
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- bringing up
- education
- facts of life
- fosterage
- fostering
- genteelness
- gentility
- nurture
- nurturing
- procreation
- raising
- rearing
- refinement
- reproduction
- training
- upbringing
Similar words in the breeding
Hyponyms for the word breeding
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- autosexing
- cattle breeding
- crossbreeding
- dog breeding
- generation
- horse breeding
- interbreeding
- miscegenation
- multiplication
- propagation
Hypernyms for the word breeding
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- acculturation
- elegance
- enculturation
- production
- sex
- sex activity
- sexual activity
- sexual practice
- socialisation
- socialization
- surname
- upbringing
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