Definition of breeding. Meaning of breeding. Synonyms of breeding

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Definition of breeding

Breeding
Breed Breed, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bred; p. pr. & vb. n. Breeding.] [OE. breden, AS. br[=e]dan to nourish, cherish, keep warm, from br[=o]d brood; akin to D. broeden to brood, OHG. bruoten, G. br["u]ten. See Brood.] 1. To produce as offspring; to bring forth; to bear; to procreate; to generate; to beget; to hatch. Yet every mother breeds not sons alike. --Shak. If the sun breed maggots in a dead dog. --Shak. 2. To take care of in infancy, and through the age of youth; to bring up; to nurse and foster. To bring thee forth with pain, with care to breed. --Dryden. Born and bred on the verge of the wilderness. --Everett. 3. To educate; to instruct; to form by education; to train; -- sometimes followed by up. But no care was taken to breed him a Protestant. --Bp. Burnet. His farm may not remove his children too far from him, or the trade he breeds them up in. --Locke. 4. To engender; to cause; to occasion; to originate; to produce; as, to breed a storm; to breed disease. Lest the place And my quaint habits breed astonishment. --Milton. 5. To give birth to; to be the native place of; as, a pond breeds fish; a northern country breeds stout men. 6. To raise, as any kind of stock. 7. To produce or obtain by any natural process. [Obs.] Children would breed their teeth with less danger. --Locke. Syn: To engender; generate; beget; produce; hatch; originate; bring up; nourish; train; instruct.

Meaning of breeding from wikipedia

- breeding is the reproduction , that is, producing of offspring, usually animals or plants: breeding in the wild , the natural process of
- horse breeding is reproduction in horse s, and particularly the human-directed process of selective breeding of animals, particularly
- selective breeding (also called artificial selection) is the process by which humans breed other animals and plants for particular traits
- plant breeding is the art and science of changing the genetics of plants in order to produce desired characteristics plant breeding can be
- plumage is regularly moult ed; the standard plumage of a bird that has moulted after breeding is known as the 'non-breeding' plumage, or—in
- breeding in the wild is the natural process of animal reproduction occurring in the natural habitat of a given species. husbandry or
- captive breeding is the process of breeding animals in human controlled environments with restricted settings, such as wildlife reserves,
- the term can refer to the practice of selectively breeding and raising livestock to promote desirable traits in animals for utility, sport
- things inherit traits from their parents has been used since prehistoric times to improve crop plants and animals through selective breeding .
- dog breeding is the practice of mating selected dogs with the intent to maintain or produce specific qualities and characteristics.