breeding
breeding is a 8-letter English word with 12 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Breed. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- present participle. of Breed
- noun. The act or process of generating or bearing.
- noun. The raising or improving of any kind of domestic animals; as, farmers should pay attention to breeding.
- noun. Nurture; education; formation of manners.
- noun. 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.
- noun. Descent; pedigree; extraction.
- noun. the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
- noun. the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization
- noun. helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
"they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"
- noun. elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression
- noun. the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)
"a woman of breeding and refinement"
- adjective. producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring
"the breeding population"
"retained a few bulls for breeding purposes"
Synonyms
procreation, reproduction, fosterage, fostering, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing, genteelness, gentility, education, training
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