breeding

breeding has 12 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• p. pr. & vb. n.. of Breed
• n.. The act or process of generating or bearing.
• n.. The raising or improving of any kind of domestic animals; as, farmers should pay attention to breeding.
• n.. Nurture; education; formation of manners.
• n.. 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.
• n.. Descent; pedigree; extraction.
• n.. the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
• n.. the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization
• n.. helping someone grow up 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"
• a.. producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring; "the breeding population"; "retained a few bulls for breeding purposes"