Breeding (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. the producing of offspring.
  2. the improvement or development of breeds of livestock, as by selective mating and hybridization.
  3. the production of new forms by selection, crossing, and hybridizing.
  4. training; nurture: He is a man of good breeding.
  5. the result of upbringing or training as shown in behavior and manners; manners, especially good manners: You can tell when a person has breeding.
  6. the production in a nuclear reactor of more fissile material than is consumed.
noun
  1. the process of bearing offspring; reproduction
  2. the process of producing plants or animals by sexual reproduction
  3. the result of good training, esp the knowledge of correct social behaviour; refinement
  4. a person's line of descent
  5. a process occurring in a nuclear reactor as a result of which more fissionable material is produced than is used up
Breeding (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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