Synonyms for breeding
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : bree-ding |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbri dɪŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for breeding Other synonyms for the word breeding
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for breeding
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