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Grammar : Noun
Spell : bree-ding
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbri dɪŋ



Definition of breeding

Origin :
  • late 14c., "hatching, incubation;" also "formation, development, growth," verbal noun from breed (v.). Meaning "good manners" is from 1590s.
  • noun cultivation of person
Example sentences :
  • The improvement in breeding and raising live-stock must not be omitted.
  • Extract from : « The Nation in a Nutshell » by George Makepeace Towle
  • It is only in the begetting of men that breeding from the worst stocks may be said to be the rule.
  • Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
  • Pray be seated, but really I am forgetting the commonest rules of breeding.
  • Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
  • Her ignorance of all breeding is amusing, but then I think she has a natural elegance.
  • Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
  • Is not the quality of dogs improved by breeding from the good and eliminating the bad?
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • That is the way people are when they are breeding a disease, or when they have a secret on their mind.
  • Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
  • Obviously she had brains; it was apparent, too that she had breeding.
  • Extract from : « The Einstein See-Saw » by Miles John Breuer
  • Now, I beseech you, do tell me, have you ever attended to their pairing and breeding?
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • A person of breeding choosing the cause of the rout and rabble!
  • Extract from : « The Strollers » by Frederic S. Isham
  • Consider what that would mean to the breeding of the next generation.
  • Extract from : « Another Sheaf » by John Galsworthy

Synonyms for breeding

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