English noun: breeding |
1. | breeding (attribute) elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression |
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| Synonyms | genteelness, gentility |
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| Broader (hypernym) | elegance |
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2. | breeding (attribute) the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior) |
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| Samples | A woman of breeding and refinement.
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| Synonyms | education, training |
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| Broader (hypernym) | upbringing |
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3. | breeding (act) helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community |
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| Samples | They debated whether nature or nurture was more important.
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| Synonyms | bringing up, fosterage, fostering, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing |
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| Broader (hypernym) | acculturation, enculturation, socialisation, socialization |
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4. | breeding (act) the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization |
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| Broader (hypernym) | production |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | autosexing, cattle breeding, dog breeding, horse breeding |
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5. | breeding (act) the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring |
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| Synonyms | facts of life, procreation, reproduction |
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| Broader (hypernym) | sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | crossbreeding, generation, interbreeding, miscegenation, multiplication, propagation |
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