breedingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈbriː.dɪŋ/us/ˈbriː.dɪŋ/breeding noun [ U ] (ANIMALS)
the keeping of animals or plants in order to breed from them:
The family's business was horse-breeding.
We used to keep pigs for breeding purposes.
the process in which animals have sex and produce young animals:
The penguins' breeding season has begun.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Breeds & breeding
- beget
- breed
- breeder
- breeding ground
- brood mare
- cross
- crossbreed
- fancier
- father
- hybrid
- inbred
- inbreeding
- interbreed
- pedigree
- pedigreed
- purebred
- selective breeding
- sire
- stud
- thoroughbred
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Animal reproduction
breeding noun [ U ] (BEHAVIOUR)
also good breeding old-fashioned polite and socially correct behaviour that someone has because they were taught it as a child
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Behaving well
- be (as) good as gold idiom
- be on your best behaviour idiom
- behave
- best
- child
- children should be seen and not heard idiom
- decorous
- demure
- example
- good
- gracious
- keep your nose clean idiom
- nose
- polite
- set an example idiom
- well behaved
- well bred
- well brought up
- well mannered
- well spoken