breeding

breed·ing

noun

Definition of BREEDING

1

: the action or process of bearing or generating

2

: ancestry

3

a archaic : education <she had her breeding at my father's charge — Shakespeare> b : training in or observance of the proprieties

4

: the sexual propagation of plants or animals

Examples of BREEDING

1. She became involved in the breeding of sled dogs.
2. His politeness shows good breeding.
3. a person who lacks breeding

First Known Use of BREEDING

14th century

Related to BREEDING

Synonyms: birth, blood, bloodline, ancestry, descent, extraction, family tree, genealogy, line, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stock, strain

Antonyms: issue, posterity, progeny, seed

Related Words: heredity, succession; family, house; kin, kindred, relations, relatives; race

Near Antonyms: offspring; child, heir, inheritor, son, successor

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Rhymes with BREEDING

bleeding, leading, reading, reeding