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

- Look up Breeding or breeding in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Breeding is ****ual reproduction that produces offspring, usually animals or plants. It...
- Selective breeding (also called artificial selection) is the process by which humans use animal breeding and plant breeding to selectively develop particular...
- Horse breeding is reproduction in horses, and particularly the human-directed process of selective breeding of animals, particularly purebred horses of...
- Plant breeding is the science of changing the traits of plants in order to produce desired characteristics. It is used to improve the quality of plant...
- Intraspecific breeding is ****ual reproduction within a species. It can refer to: Selective breeding of plants or animals by humans, to choose desirable...
- Dog breeding is the practice of mating selected dogs with the intention of maintaining or producing specific qualities and characteristics. When dogs reproduce...
- A breeding programme is the planned breeding of a group of animals or plants, usually involving at least several individuals and extending over several...
- Animal breeding is a branch of animal science that addresses the evaluation (using best linear unbiased prediction and other methods) of the genetic value...
- Breeding back is a form of artificial selection by the deliberate selective breeding of domestic (but not exclusively) animals, in an attempt to achieve...
- Captive breeding, also known as captive propagation, is the process of keeping plants or animals in controlled environments, such as wildlife reserves...