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breeding   (TTS Sound)

The noun breeding has 5 senses

• breeding, genteelness, gentility -- (elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression)


• education, training, breeding -- (the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior); "a woman of breeding and refinement")


• breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing -- (helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important")


• breeding -- (the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization)


• reproduction, procreation, breeding, facts of life -- (the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring)

The verb breed has 4 senses

• engender, breed, spawn -- (call forth)


• breed, cover -- (copulate with a female, used especially of horses; "The horse covers the mare")


• breed -- (cause to procreate (animals); "She breeds dogs")


• breed, multiply -- (have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms); "pandas rarely breed in captivity"; "These bacteria reproduce")

The adj breeding has 1 sense

• breeding -- (producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring; "the breeding population"; "retained a few bulls for breeding purposes")