Breeding
Related Definitions
[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"
Synonyms
bringing up, education, facts of life, fosterage, fostering, fruitful, genteelness, gentility, nurture, procreation, raising, rearing, reproduction, training, upbringing
Related Terms
alpha decay, animal husbandry, animal rearing, apprenticeship, atom-chipping, atomic disintegration, atomic reaction, atomization, atom-smashing, basic training, bee culture, beekeeping, begetting, beta decay, bombardment, breaking, bullet, cattle-ranchin