Definition of breeding

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of breeding is as below...

Breeding (n.) Descent; pedigree; extraction.

Lern More About Breeding

Hylodes :: Hylodes (n.) The piping frog (Hyla Pickeringii), a small American tree frog, which in early spring, while breeding in swamps and ditches, sings with high, shrill, but musical, notes..
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..
Impertinent :: Impertinent (a.) Contrary to, or offending against, the rules of propriety or good breeding; guilty of, or prone to, rude, unbecoming, or uncivil words or actions; as, an impertient coxcomb; an impertient remark..
Genteel :: Genteel (a.) Possessing or exhibiting the qualities popularly regarded as belonging to high birth and breeding; free from vulgarity, or lowness of taste or behavior; adapted to a refined or cultivated taste; polite; well-bred; as, genteel company, manners, address..
Ungentle :: Ungentle (a.) Not gentle; lacking good breeding or delicacy; harsh.
Brood :: Brood (a.) Kept for breeding from; as, a brood mare; brood stock; having young; as, a brood sow..
Stallmen :: Stallion (n.) A male horse not castrated; a male horse kept for breeding.
Rookery :: Rookery (n.) The breeding place of a colony of rooks; also, the birds themselves..
Warren :: Warren (n.) A piece of ground for the breeding of rabbits.
Civillty :: Civillty (n.) Courtesy; politeness; kind attention; good breeding; a polite act or expression.
Breeding :: Breeding (n.) The act or process of generating or bearing.
Dainty :: Dainty (superl.) Nice; delicate; elegant, in form, manner, or breeding; well-formed; neat; tender..
Penguinery :: Penguinery (n.) A breeding place, or rookery, of penguins..
Rookery :: Rookery (n.) The breeding ground of seals, esp. of the fur seals..
Gentlewoman :: Gentlewoman (n.) A woman of good family or of good breeding; a woman above the vulgar.
Gentlefolks :: Gentlefolks (n. pl.) Persons of gentle or good family and breeding.
Weed :: Weed (v. t.) To reject as unfit for breeding purposes.
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..
True-bred :: True-bred (a.) Being of real breeding or education; as, a true-bred gentleman..
Redfin :: Redfin (n.) A small North American dace (Minnilus cornutus, or Notropis megalops). The male, in the breeding season, has bright red fins. Called also red dace, and shiner. Applied also to Notropis ardens, of the Mississippi valley..
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us