Breeding synonyms
brē'dĭng
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The act or an instance of joining as a pair, specif. in pair-bonding or sexual union
forage (related)
zootechny
The domestication, breeding, and improvement of animals; the technology of animal husbandry.
The manner in which a physical system, such as a gas, subatomic particle, or ecosystem, acts or functions, especially under specified conditions.
Politeness, esp. in a merely formal way
The definition of conduct means a person's behavior.
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Development or improvement of physical qualities by special training or care
(Uncountable, biology) The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is produced by the addition of new cells.
An instructive or enlightening experience:
The study or practice of attempting to improve the human gene pool by encouraging the reproduction of people considered to have desirable traits and discouraging or preventing the reproduction of people considered to have undesirable traits.
Origin; lineage; descent
A set stage in the development of computing or of a specific technology. [from 20th c.]
Any teaching, lesson, rule, or precept
Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity. [from earlier 17th c.]
The environmental influences that contribute to the development of an individual; see also nature.
Origin is the start, center or beginning of something or the place where a person comes from.
prolification
(Dated) The generation of young.
Act of raising young.
The process or experience of being trained
(Mathematics) The operation that, for positive integers, consists of adding a number (the multiplicand) to itself a certain number of times. The operation is extended to other numbers according to the multiplicative properties of positive integers and other algebraic properties.
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(Physics) The act or process of propagating, especially the process by which a disturbance, such as the motion of electromagnetic or sound waves, is transmitted through a medium such as air or water.
The act of making copies.
The process by which an organism produces others of its kind
An increasing or becoming increased
Plural form of fact of life
helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
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Raising someone to be an accepted member of the community.
The state of being a foster child
Recruitment.
The quality of being genteel.
Persons of high social standing considered as a group.
chicken-farming
The practice or profession of keeping and caring for bees.
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cattle-ranching
dairy-farming
A class of animal husbandry enterprise producing dairy products.
Exhibition riding or horsemanship in which the horse is controlled in certain difficult steps and gaits by very slight movements of the rider
(Anthropology) The custom of marrying within a particular social or cultural group in accordance with custom or law.
engenderment
gentlemanliness
Gentlemanly behaviour, of or pertaining to being a gentleman
ladylikeness
Ladylike behaviour.
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linebreeding
mink-ranching
outbreeding
The breeding or mating of distantly related or unrelated individuals.
pig-keeping
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To overlay or spread with something:
To increase in number by reproducing:
To raise:
To cause (a plant or animal) to reproduce itself; raise or breed
To come to have gradually; acquire:
To improve or develop (plants) by various horticultural techniques
To develop and reach maturity.
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To classify according to type
A group of organisms of the same species, sharing certain hereditary characteristics not typical of the entire species but minor enough not to warrant classification as a separate breed or variety. Resistance to specific antibiotics is a feature of certain strains of bacteria.
Stock is defined as to keep a supply of or to provide with something.
To be or increase in great numbers:
To originate is to start something or cause something to start.
To be the occasion of; give occasion to; cause
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Nurture is defined as to feed, train or help develop someone or something.
To arrange, group, or rate according to qualities or characteristics; assign to a class; classify.
To be the biological father of a child.
To yield, make or manufacture; to generate.
Parent is defined as to give life or raise children.
To compose:
To bring (a plan, idea, etc.) into existence; esp., to plan in a secret or underhanded way; plot
(Figuratively) To give rise to.
To cause to come into existence; bring into being; make; originate; esp., to make or design (something requiring art, skill, invention, etc.)
To be successful in coming or going:
Increase is defined as to become bigger or greater.
causing (related)
To be the cause of or reason for; result in.
beginning (related)
To cause to start; set about; commence
breed (related)
egg laying (related)
reintroductions (related)
captive-bred (related)
broodstock (related)
grazing (related)
outcross (related)
breeder (related)
cross-breed (related)
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