noun descent; pedigree; extraction.
2. breeding ·noun nurture; education; formation of manners.
3. breeding ·noun the act or process of generating or bearing.
4. breeding ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of breed.
5. breeding ·noun the raising or improving of any kind of domestic animals; as, farmers should pay attention to breeding.
6. breeding ·noun deportment or behavior in the external offices and decorums of social life; manners; knowledge of, or training in, the ceremonies, or polite observances of society.