breeding
1. elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
genteelness, gentility
• Derivationally related forms:
gentle (for: gentility), genteel (for: genteelness)
• Hypernyms:
elegance
2. the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)
- a woman of breeding and refinement
• Syn:
education, training
• Derivationally related forms:
educate (for: education)
• Hypernyms:
upbringing
3. helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
- they debated whether nature or nurture was more important
• Syn:
bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising,
rearing, upbringing
• Derivationally related forms:
rear (for: rearing), nurtural (for: nurture), nurture (for: nurture), foster (for: fosterage), foster (for: fostering)
• Hypernyms:
socialization, socialisation, acculturation, enculturation
4. the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization
• Derivationally related forms:
breed
• Hypernyms:
production
• Hyponyms:
autosexing, cattle breeding, dog breeding, horse breeding
5. the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
• Syn:
reproduction, procreation, facts of life
• Derivationally related forms:
breed, procreate (for: procreation), reproduce (for: reproduction)
• Hypernyms:
sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity
• Hyponyms:
miscegenation, crossbreeding, interbreeding, generation, multiplication, propagation
producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring (Freq. 1)
- the breeding population
- retained a few bulls for breeding purposes
• Similar to:
fruitful
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