Breeding

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. Propagation of offspring through sexual reproduction.
   countable, uncountable
3. The act of insemination by natural or artificial means.
   countable, uncountable
4. The act of copulation in animals.
   countable, uncountable
5. The good manners regarded as characteristic of the aristocracy and conferred by heredity.
   countable, uncountable
6. Nurture; education; formation of manners.
   countable, uncountable
7. Descent; pedigree; extraction.
   countable, uncountable
8. Ejaculation inside the rectum during bareback anal sex.
   countable, slang, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“In analysing the ecological conditions of an animal population we have⟳ above all to focus⟳ our attention upon the most sensitive stages within the life cycle of the animal, that is, the period of breeding and larval development.”

“Plant⟳ breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use⟳ are rich in genetic variation, and individual plants are highly heterozygous and do not breed⟳ true.”

“She had her breeding at my father's charge.”

“Your dog has good breeding.”

“Honest gentlemen, I know⟳ not your breeding.”

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