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breed·ing  (brdng)

n.

1. One's line of descent; ancestry: a person of noble breeding.

2. Training in the proper forms of social and personal conduct.

3. Production of offspring or young.

4. The propagation of animals or plants.

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breeding

Noun

1. the process of producing plants or animals by controlled methods of reproduction

2. the process of bearing offspring

3. the result of good upbringing or training

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	breeding - elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression genteelness, gentility elegance - a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste; "she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility"
	2.	breeding - the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior); "a woman of breeding and refinement" training, education upbringing - properties acquired during a person's formative years
	3.	breeding - helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important" bringing up, fosterage, fostering, nurture, rearing, upbringing, raising acculturation, enculturation, socialisation, socialization - the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture; "the socialization of children to the norms of their culture"
	4.	breeding - the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization production - (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale; "he introduced more efficient methods of production" autosexing - (especially of domestic fowl) breeding to reveal differential sex characteristics at hatching cattle breeding - breeding cattle dog breeding - breeding dogs horse breeding - breeding horses
	5.	breeding - the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring facts of life, procreation, reproduction sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice - activities associated with sexual intercourse; "they had sex in the back seat" miscegenation, crossbreeding, interbreeding - reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons) multiplication, propagation, generation - the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
Adj.	1.	breeding - producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring; "the breeding population"; "retained a few bulls for breeding purposes" fruitful - productive or conducive to producing in abundance; "be fruitful and multiply"

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breeding

noun refinement, style, culture, taste, manners, polish, grace, courtesy, elegance, sophistication, delicacy, cultivation, politeness, civility, gentility, graciousness, urbanity, politesse

Translations

breeding [ˈbriːdɪŋ] n [of person] → educación f

breeding [ˈbriːdɪŋ] n → reproduction f; élevage m (= upbringing); éducation f

breeding [ˈbriːdɪŋ] n → Erziehung f

breeding [ˈbriːdɪŋ] n → riproduzione f; allevamento