as in lineage
the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended
a family of good breeding that is well respected in the community
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1
as in reproducing
to bring forth offspring
rabbits will breed very frequently unless they're kept separated
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as in raising
to bring to maturity through care and education
he was bred to a life in the military by his father, himself an army captain
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as in creating
to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)
this habit of favoring one employee over the others will breed resentment
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4
as in sleeping
to engage in sexual intercourse
cats breeding outside our window made a horrible racket last night
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as in planting
to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set
parents who breed in their children a deep respect for people of all classes
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Recent Examples of breeding
Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
While studies in the early 2000s provided good insights into Indiana’s woodrat populations, the researchers concluded that a captive breeding program would help woodrat populations build better genetic diversity in the state.
—Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 15 Oct. 2025
Elizabeth B. Kim, Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 Sep. 2025
Under the new Fish and Wildlife interim pintail harvest strategy, hunters in all four flyways are expected to have a three-pintail daily bag limit option for next year's 2026–'27 season based on this year's breeding population results.
—Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Two veterinarians in the comments reassured Sean that the markings are simply pigmentation, not a sign of mixed breeding.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
While studies in the early 2000s provided good insights into Indiana’s woodrat populations, the researchers concluded that a captive breeding program would help woodrat populations build better genetic diversity in the state.
—Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
This will prevent mosquitoes from breeding in your yard.
—Elizabeth B. Kim, Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 Sep. 2025
Under the new Fish and Wildlife interim pintail harvest strategy, hunters in all four flyways are expected to have a three-pintail daily bag limit option for next year's 2026–'27 season based on this year's breeding population results.
—Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for breeding
Noun
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That ancient lineage somehow persisted in Europe for millennia before eventually being replaced by modern variants.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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Tibetan Buddhists orally transmit tenets in a lineage from the Buddha to the present.—
Nadav Ziv,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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However, the ad selects and splices certain lines from the five-minute address rather than playing the remarks in the order they were delivered or reproducing the speech in its entirety.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
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Regular vacuuming is an easy way to prevent carpet beetles from reproducing in your home.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
20 Oct. 2025
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Still, the project adds another exclusive tier to a venue already marked by VIP enclaves, raising questions about how much of COTA’s most distinctive real estate will remain truly accessible — and for how long.—
Patrick Iversen,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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The key to raising emotionally resilient kids is the ability to repair.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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This is a huge driver for bringing down the cost of the space economy in general and has been the opportunity for creating many other new space companies.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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These past two days have reinforced for me the importance of codifying principles and creating a road map to achieve them.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
28 Oct. 2025
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Reaffirming the idea in 1990, the AAP reported that American children were spending more time watching television than any other activity, apart from sleeping.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
23 Oct. 2025
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But several had no mat at all, sleeping on the bathroom floor next to feces and urine in a room that housed 10 too many people, a filing alleged.—
Julia Coin,
Charlotte Observer,
23 Oct. 2025
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Spring is typically best for planting perennials and shrubs, though some bare-root trees can be planted in winter in milder climates.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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There’s been so many examples through the years of filmmakers planting all these seeds or proposing these big universes and imagining these big slates that never end up going anywhere.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Oct. 2025
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Alabi, who is Nigerian, thinks about fragrance as a form of memory and ancestry.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
24 Oct. 2025
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There were roughly 60,000 people in immigration detention nationwide in both August and September – more than at any time since the United States government interned some 120,000 people, the majority of Japanese citizenship or ancestry, during World War II.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA Today,
19 Oct. 2025
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The idea of waves propagating through a barrier has been around for a long time, since before the existence of quantum mechanics.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
8 Oct. 2025
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Such a blatant falsehood making it to the press conference betrays the fact that there is no limit to how false something has to be in order for this administration to resist propagating it.—
Rafael Perez,
Oc Register,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Breeding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breeding. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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