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   Breed·ing

   /ˈbrēdiNG/

   

   noun

   • 1. the mating and production of offspring by animals: "palolo worms use the moon to time their breeding" Similar reproductionreproducingprocreationmultiplyingpropagationmatingrearingraisingnurturing
   • ▪ the activity of controlling the mating and production of offspring of animals: "the breeding of rats and mice for experiments"
   • ▪ the good manners regarded as characteristic of the aristocracy and conferred by heredity: "that's the kind of modesty you get from good breeding" Similar upbringingrearingbirthparentagefamilypedigreebloodstocklineage(good) mannersgentilityrefinementcultivationculturepolishcivilityurbanitypolitenesscourtesygraciousnessinformal:classhumorous:couthOpposite bad mannersvulgarity

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