breeding

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈbɹiːdɪŋ/ See IPA manual

Freq #8452

Meanings

1

noun
The keeping of animals or plants in order to produce young or new types.

The farm specializes in the breeding of racehorses.
2

noun
Good manners and behaviour learned from one's upbringing.

His polite, gentle manners showed his good breeding.
3

adj
Used for or relating to producing young.

The birds return to the same breeding ground every spring.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the keeping of animals or... reproduction

2 noun · good manners and behaviour... education

Word family

Forms breedings

Derived forms antibreedingcobreedingcross-breedinginbreedinglinebreedingnon-breedingnonbreedingoutbreedingpostbreedingprebreedingstockbreedingunbreeding

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Proverbs (1)

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Breeding will out

Etymology

From Middle English bredyng, bredynge, from Old English *brēdende, from Proto-Germanic *brōdijandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *brōdijaną (“to brood; breed”), equivalent to breed + -ing.

bredyng Middle English *brēdende Old English *brōdijandz Proto-Germanic *brōdijaną Proto-Germanic

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# breeding

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun, adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈbɹiːdɪŋ/
**Frequency rank:** 8452

## Meanings
1. The keeping of animals or plants in order to produce young or new types.
2. Good manners and behaviour learned from one's upbringing.
3. Used for or relating to producing young.

## Examples
- The farm specializes in the breeding of racehorses.
- His polite, gentle manners showed his good breeding.
- The birds return to the same breeding ground every spring.

## Derived Forms
- antibreeding
- cobreeding
- cross-breeding
- inbreeding
- linebreeding
- non-breeding
- nonbreeding
- outbreeding
- postbreeding
- prebreeding
- stockbreeding
- unbreeding

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: bredyng
- Root: *brēdende
- Root: *brōdijandz
- Root: *brōdijaną

## Etymology
From Middle English bredyng, bredynge, from Old English *brēdende, from Proto-Germanic *brōdijandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *brōdijaną (“to brood; breed”), equivalent to breed + -ing.

## AI Etymology
Breeding comes from Middle English bredyng, bredynge, from Old English *brēdende, from Proto-Germanic *brōdijandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *brōdijaną (“to brood; breed”), equivalent to breed + -ing.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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