Breeding
[n] the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization
[n] the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
[n] raising someone to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"
[n] elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression
[n] the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior); "a woman of breeding and refinement"
[adj] producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring; "the breeding population"; "retained a few bulls for breeding purposes"
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Synonyms
bringing up, education, facts of life, fosterage, fostering, fruitful, genteelness, gentility, nurture, procreation, raising, rearing, reproduction, training, upbringing
Related Terms
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