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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