DICTOMETER

BREEDING

(breed, breeding, casta, criar, raza, crianza, cría, avle, fostre, rase, avl, oppaling, oppdragelse, oppdrett)

1. Synonyms:
   • Breeding
   • Genteelness
   • Gentility
   Definitions:
   • elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Education
   • Training
   • Breeding
   Definitions:
   • the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)
   Examples:
   • A woman of breeding and refinement
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Breeding
   • Bringing up
   • Fostering
   • Fosterage
   • Nurture
   • Raising
   • Rearing
   • Upbringing
   Definitions:
   • helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
   Examples:
   • They debated whether nature or nurture was more important
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Breeding
   Definitions:
   • the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Reproduction
   • Procreation
   • Breeding
   • Facts of life
   Definitions:
   • the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Engender
   • Breed
   • Spawn
   Definitions:
   • call forth
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Breed
   • Cover
   Definitions:
   • copulate with a female, used especially of horses
   Examples:
   • The horse covers the mare
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Breed
   Definitions:
   • cause to procreate (animals)
   Examples:
   • She breeds dogs
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Breed
   • Multiply
   Definitions:
   • have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms)
   Examples:
   • Pandas rarely breed in captivity
   • These bacteria reproduce
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Breeding
   Definitions:
   • producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring
   Examples:
   • The breeding population
   • Retained a few bulls for breeding purposes
   Antonyms:
   • Unfruitful