breeding

Meanings

• elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression
• the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)
  • "a woman of breeding and refinement"
• helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
• the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization
• the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
• call forth
• copulate with a female, used especially of horses
• cause to procreate (animals)
• have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms)
• producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring
  • "the breeding population"
  • "retained a few bulls for breeding purposes"

Synonyms

breed, bringing up, cover, education, engender, facts of life, fosterage, fostering, genteelness, gentility, multiply, nurture, procreation, raising, rearing, reproduction, spawn, training, upbringing