Dictionary

1. (

• breeding ,
• genteelness ,
• gentility ,

) elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression ;

2. (

• education ,
• training ,
• breeding ,

) the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior); "a woman of breeding and refinement" ;

3. (

• 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" ;

4. (

• breeding ,

) the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization ;

5. (

• reproduction ,
• procreation ,
• breeding ,
• facts_of_life

) the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring ;

1. (

• breeding

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