Breeding

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːdɪŋ

Full definition of breeding

Noun

1. The process through which propagation, growth or development occurs.
• 2013, David Van Tassel, Lee DeHaan, Wild Plants to the Rescue, Plant breeding is always a numbers game....The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, and individual plants are highly heterozygous and do not breed true.
2. Your dog has had good breeding.
3. The act of insemination by natural or artificial means.
4. The act of copulation in animals.
5. The good manners regarded as characteristic of the aristocracy and conferred by heredity.
6. Nurture; education; formation of manners.
• ShakespeareShe had her breeding at my father's charge.
7. Descent; pedigree; extraction.
• ShakespeareHonest gentlemen, I know not your breeding.
8. (gay slang) Ejaculation inside the rectum during bareback anal sex, usually applied to gay pornography.

Adjective

1. Of, relating to or used for breeding.Your toothbrush is a breeding ground for bacteria.

Derived terms

• breeding ground

Verb

1. Present participle of breedThrough genetic manipulation and harsh training, I am breeding a species of super-dogs to take over the world.

Anagrams

• beringed, bigender