| NOUN | attribute | breeding, genteelness, gentility | elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression |
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| attribute | breeding, education, training | the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior) | |
| act | breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing | helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community | |
| act | breeding | the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization | |
| act | breeding, reproduction, procreation, facts of life | the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | breeding | producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring |
| Sounds | briy'dihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring. | |
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| Broader | fruitful | Productive or conducive to producing in abundance |
| Meaning | elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression. | |
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| Synonyms | genteelness, gentility | |
| Broader | elegance | A refined quality of gracefulness and good taste |
| Spanish | educación, elegancia, refinamiento | |
| Catalan | educació, elegància, refinament | |
| Meaning | The result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior). | |
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| Example | "a woman of breeding and refinement" | |
| Synonyms | education, training | |
| Broader | upbringing | Properties acquired during a person's formative years |
| Spanish | educación, instrucción | |
| Catalan | educació, instrucció | |
| Meaning | Helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community. | |
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| Synonyms | bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing | |
| Broader | socialization, socialisation, acculturation, enculturation | The adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture |
| Spanish | educación, formación | |
| Catalan | educació | |
| Meaning | The production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization. | |
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| Narrower | autosexing | (especially of domestic fowl) breeding to reveal differential sex characteristics at hatching |
| cattle breeding | Breeding cattle | |
| dog breeding | Breeding dogs | |
| horse breeding | Breeding horses | |
| Broader | production | (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale |
| Spanish | cría, crianza | |
| Catalan | cria | |
| Verbs | breed | cause to procreate (animals) |
| Meaning | The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring. | |
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| Synonyms | reproduction, procreation, facts of life | |
| Narrower | generation, multiplication, propagation | The act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production |
| miscegenation, crossbreeding, interbreeding | reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons) | |
| Broader | sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity | Activities associated with sexual intercourse |
| Spanish | procreación, reproducción | |
| Catalan | procreació, reproducció | |
| Verbs | breed | have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms) |
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