Definition of Breeding

Noun: breeding bree-ding

Elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression
"she conveys an aura of elegance and breeding";
- genteelness, gentility
The result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behaviour)
"a woman of breeding and refinement";
- education, training
Helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
"they debated whether nature or breeding was more important";
- bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing
The production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization
The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
- reproduction, procreation, facts of life

Adjective: breeding bree-ding

Producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring
"the breeding population"; "retained a few bulls for breeding purposes"

Verb: breed (bred) breed

Call forth
- engender, spawn
(animal husbandry) copulate with a female, used especially of horses
- cover
Cause to procreate (animals)
"She breeds dogs"
Have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms)
"pandas rarely breed in captivity";
- multiply