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- a family of good breeding that is well respected in the community
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breeding
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of breeding (Entry 2 of 2)
- rabbits will breed very frequently unless they're kept separated
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- he was bred to a life in the military by his father, himself an army captain
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- this habit of favoring one employee over the others will breed resentment
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- cats breeding outside our window made a horrible racket last night
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- parents who breed in their children a deep respect for people of all classes
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- embedding
- (also imbedding),
- entrenching
- (also intrenching),
- fixing,
- lodging,
- rooting
- imbuing,
- infusing,
- ingraining
- (also engraining),
- inoculating,
- investing,
- steeping,
- suffusing
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“Breeding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breeding. Accessed 18 May. 2022.
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The first known use of breeding was in the 14th century
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