Etymology : Middle English breden, from Old English brEdan; akin to Old English brOd brood
Pronunciation : 'brEd
Function : verb
Date : before 12th century
1. rearing; producing offspring. courtesy; education; upbringing, rearing, cultivation. breeding\breed"ing\ , n.
2. the act or process of generating or bearing.
3. the raising or improving of any kind of domestic animals; as, farmers should pay attention to breeding.
4. nurture; education; formation of manners. she had her breeding at my father's charge.
5. 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. delicacy of breeding, or that polite deference and respect which civility obliges us either to express or counterfeit towards the persons with whom we converse. ume.
6. descent; pedigree; extraction. [obs.] honest gentlemen, i know not your breeding.
7. The act or process of generating or bearing.
8. The raising or improving of any kind of domestic animals; as, farmers should pay attention to breeding.
9. Nurture; education; formation of manners.
10. 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.
11. Descent; pedigree; extraction. the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization raising someone to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important" elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring; "the breeding population"; "retained a few bulls for breeding purposes".
12. To produce as offspring; to bring forth; to bear; to procreate; to generate; to beget; to hatch.
13. To take care of in infancy, and through the age of youth; to bring up; to nurse and foster.
14. To educate; to instruct; to form by education; to train; sometimes followed by up.
15. To engender; to cause; to occasion; to originate; to produce; as, to breed a storm; to breed disease.
16. To give birth to; to be the native place of; as, a pond breeds fish; a northern country breeds stout men.
17. To raise, as any kind of stock.
18. To produce or obtain by any natural process.
19. To bear and nourish young; to reproduce or multiply itself; to be pregnant.
20. To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated, or to grow, as young before birth.
21. To have birth; to be produced or multiplied.
22. To raise a breed; to get progeny.
23. A race or variety of men or other animals , perpetuating its special or distinctive characteristics by inheritance.
24. Class; sort; kind; of men, things, or qualities.
25. A number produced at once; a brood. a lineage or race of people a special variety of domesticated animals within a species; "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new strain of sheep" a special lineage; "a breed of Americans" have young ; "pandas rarely breed in captivity" of plants or animals; "She breeds dogs" copulate with a female, used especially of horses; "The horse covers the mare".
26. If someone says that a person has breeding, they mean that they think the person is from a good social background and has good manners. It's a sign of good breeding to know the names of all your staff. see also:
breed. Application of genetic principles in animal husbandry, agriculture, and horticulture to improve desirable qualities. Ancient agriculturists improved many plants through selective cultivation. Modern plant breeding centers on pollination; pollen from the chosen male plant, and no other pollen, must be transferred to the female plant. Animal breeding consists of choosing the ideal trait (e.g., fine wool, high milk production), selecting the breeding stock, and determining the mating system (e.g., whether mating animals are unrelated, mildly related, or highly inbred).
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