breeding
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dɪŋ noun
1.
the producing of offspring.
2.
the improvement or development of breeds of livestock, as by selective mating and hybridization.
3.
Horticulture. the production of new forms by selection, crossing, and hybridizing.
4.
training; nurture: He is a man of good breeding.
5.
the result of upbringing or training as shown in behavior and manners; manners, especially good manners: You can tell when a person has breeding.
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verb (used with object)
1.
to produce (offspring); procreate; engender.
2.
to produce by mating; propagate sexually; reproduce: Ten mice were bred in the laboratory.
3.
Horticulture.
a.
to cause to reproduce by controlled pollination.
b.
to improve by controlled pollination and selection.
4.
to raise (cattle, sheep, etc.): He breeds longhorns on the ranch.
5.
to cause or be the source of; engender; give rise to: Dirt breeds disease. Stagnant water breeds mosquitoes.
verb (used without object)
9.
to produce offspring: Many animals breed in the spring.
10.
to be engendered or produced; grow; develop: Bacteria will not breed in alcohol.
11.
to cause the birth of young, as in raising stock.
12.
to be pregnant.
noun
13.
Genetics. a relatively homogenous group of animals within a species, developed and maintained by humans.
14.
lineage; stock; strain: She comes from a fine breed of people.
15.
sort; kind; group: Scholars are a quiet breed.
16.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English breden, Old English brēdan to nourish (cognate with Old High German bruotan, German brüten); noun use from 16th century
before 1000; Middle English breden, Old English brēdan to nourish (cognate with Old High German bruotan, German brüten); noun use from 16th century
Related forms
breed·a·ble, adjective
o·ver·breed, verb (used with object), o·ver·bred, o·ver·breed·ing.
re·breed, verb, re·bred, re·breed·ing.
sub·breed, noun
Synonyms
1, 2. beget, bear, generate. 5. promote, occasion, foster, produce, induce, develop. 14. family, pedigree, line.
1, 2. beget, bear, generate. 5. promote, occasion, foster, produce, induce, develop. 14. family, pedigree, line.
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breed (briːd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb , breeds, breeding, bred | |
| 1. | to bear (offspring) |
| 2. | (tr) to bring up; raise |
| 3. | to produce or cause to produce by mating; propagate |
| 4. | to produce and maintain new or improved strains of (domestic animals and plants) |
| 5. | to produce or be produced; generate: to breed trouble; violence breeds in densely populated areas |
| —n | |
| 6. | a group of organisms within a species, esp a group of domestic animals, originated and maintained by man and having a clearly defined set of characteristics |
| 7. | a lineage or race: a breed of Europeans |
| 8. | a kind, sort, or group: a special breed of hatred |
| [Old English brēdan, of Germanic origin; related to | |
| breeding (ˈbriːdɪŋ) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the process of bearing offspring; reproduction |
| 2. | the process of producing plants or animals by sexual reproduction |
| 3. | the result of good training, esp the knowledge of correct social behaviour; refinement: a man of breeding |
| 4. | a person's line of descent: his breeding was suspect |
| 5. | physics a process occurring in a nuclear reactor as a result of which more fissionable material is produced than is used up |
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Word Origin & History
breed
O.E. bredan "bring young to birth, carry," also "cherish, keep warm," from W.Gmc. *brodjan (cf. O.H.G. bruoten, Ger. brüten "to brood, hatch"), from *brod- "fetus, hatchling," from PIE *bhreue- "burn, heat" (see brood). Original notion of the word was incubation, warming
to hatch. Breeding "good manners" is from 1590s.
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Science Dictionary
| breed (brēd) Pronunciation Key
Verb
Noun A group of organisms having common ancestors and sharing certain traits that are not shared with other members of the same species. Breeds are usually produced by mating selected parents. |
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Example sentences
The colony in twilight near the end of the breeding season.
Today, emu ranchers say, breeding pairs can be bought for a few hundred dollars.
By breeding hybrid flies for several generations, the group re-created such minimal hybrids.
Cells from flakes of skin have grown into living, breeding mice, through a bit of biotechnological wizardry.
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