Definition of breeding

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Breeding (n.) Deportment or behavior in the external offices and decorums of social life; manners; knowledge of, or training in, the ceremonies, or polite observances of society..

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Pair :: Pair (v. i.) To be joined in paris; to couple; to mate, as for breeding..
Penguinery :: Penguinery (n.) A breeding place, or rookery, of penguins..
Nidus :: Nidus (n.) A nest: a repository for the eggs of birds, insects, etc.; a breeding place; esp., the place or substance where parasites or the germs of a disease effect lodgment or are developed..
Warren :: Warren (n.) A piece of ground for the breeding of rabbits.
Pipa :: Pipa (n.) The Surinam toad (Pipa Americana), noted for its peculiar breeding habits..
Dysgenesic :: Dysgenesic (a.) Not procreating or breeding freely; as, one race may be dysgenesic with respect to another..
Breeding :: Breeding (n.) The act or process of generating or bearing.
Breeding :: Breeding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bree.
Pregnant :: Pregnant (a.) Being with young, as a female; having conceived; great with young; breeding; teeming; gravid; preparing to bring forth..
Studied :: Stud-horse (n.) A stallion, esp. one kept for breeding..
Lowbred :: Lowbred (a.) Bred, or like one bred, in a low condition of life; characteristic or indicative of such breeding; rude; impolite; vulgar; as, a lowbred fellow; a lowbred remark..
Breeding :: Breeding (n.) Descent; pedigree; extraction.
Stocker :: Stockdove (n.) A common European wild pigeon (Columba aenas), so called because at one time believed to be the stock of the domestic pigeon, or, according to some, from its breeding in the stocks, or trunks, of trees..
Breeding :: Breeding (n.) The raising or improving of any kind of domestic animals; as, farmers should pay attention to breeding..
Thoroughbred :: Thoroughbred (a.) Bred from the best blood through a long line; pure-blooded; -- said of stock, as horses. Hence, having the characteristics of such breeding; mettlesome; courageous; of elegant form, or the like..
Indecorous :: Indecorous (a.) Not decorous; violating good manners; contrary to good breeding or etiquette; unbecoming; improper; out of place; as, indecorous conduct..
Inbreeding :: Inbreeding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inbree.
Rookery :: Rookery (n.) The breeding ground of seals, esp. of the fur seals..
Rookery :: Rookery (n.) A breeding place of other gregarious birds, as of herons, penguins, etc..
Gentility :: Gentility (n.) The quality or qualities appropriate to those who are well born, as self-respect, dignity, courage, courtesy, politeness of manner, a graceful and easy mien and behavior, etc.; good breeding..
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