- The act or process of generating or bearing. - The raising or improving of any kind of domestic animals;
as, farmers should pay attention to breeding. - Nurture; education; formation of manners. - Deportment or behavior in the external offices and
decorums of social life; manners; knowledge of, or training in, the
ceremonies, or polite observances of society. - Descent; pedigree; extraction.
2 . Breeding
[ p. pr. & vb. n.]
- of Breed
Meaning of 'Breeding' (Princeton's WordNet)
1 . breeding
[ n]
Meaning (1): - the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)
Example in sentence:
a woman of breeding and refinement
Meaning (2): - helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
Example in sentence:
they debated whether nature or nurture was more important
3 . breeding
[ s]
Meaning (3): - producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring