BREEDING


Meaning of BREEDING in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 14th century

1. : the action or process of bearing or generating

2. : ancestry

3.

a. archaic : education

she had her breeding at my father's charge — Shakespeare

b. : training in or observance of the proprieties

4. : the sexual propagation of plants or animals

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.