BREEDING GROUND

Meaning of BREEDING GROUND in English

ˈbreeding ˌground BrE AmE noun [countable]

1 . a place or situation where something bad or harmful develops

breeding ground for

Overcrowded slums are breeding grounds for crime.

2 . a place where animals go in order to breed

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

BREEDING GROUND — noun Date: 1630 the place to which animals go to breed, a place or set of circumstances suitable for or …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BREEDING GROUND — noun 1. : a place to which animals resort for breeding 2. : a place or set of circumstances considered …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BREEDING GROUND — 1. a place where animals breed or to which they return to breed. 2. an environment suitable for or fostering …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BREEDING GROUND — Date: 1630 1. : the place to which animals go to breed 2. : a place or set of circumstances …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BREEDING GROUND — Function: noun Date: 1630 1 : the place to which animals go to breed 2 : a place or set …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BREEDING GROUND — ■ noun a place or situation that favours the development of something.
Concise Oxford English vocab
BREEDING GROUND — [breeding ground] n (1856) 1: the place to which animals go to breed 2: a place or set of circumstances …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BREEDING-GROUND — breeding-ground BrE AmE ˈbriːd ɪŋ ɡraʊnd ▷ breeding-ground|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BREEDING GROUND — noun 1. [ usually pl. ] a place where wild animals go to produce their young 2. breeding ground (for …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BREEDING GROUND — ( breeding grounds) 1. If you refer to a situation or place as a breeding ground for something bad such …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BREEDING GROUND — (~s) 1. If you refer to a situation or place as a ~ for something bad such as crime, you …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
BREEDING GROUND — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ The whales' breeding grounds are off the west coast of Mexico. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BREEDING GROUND — Function: noun a place or environment which favors growth FF1C; the slum was a breeding ground for crime FF1E; Synonyms: …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
BREEDING GROUND — noun a place or environment which favors growth the slum was a breeding ground for crime Synonyms: forcing bed, forcing …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
BREEDING GROUND — 25B6; noun the school is a breeding ground for communists : NURSERY, cradle, nest, den; hotbed.
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BREEDING GROUND — питомник нерестилище источник, очаг
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BREEDING GROUND — 1. нерестилище 2. источник, очаг
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BREEDING GROUND — 1) место кормёжки, место питания 2) питательная среда, рассадник, питомник, благоприятная почва
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
BREEDING GROUND — 1. нерестилище 2. источник, очаг
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
BREEDING GROUND — 1. нерестилище 2. источник, очаг
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BREEDING GROUND — место выведения молодняка, рассадник
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
BREEDING GROUND — место выведения молодняка, рассадник
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
BREEDING GROUND — 1) зоол. место размножения; нерестилище; гнездовье 2) питательная среда, рассадник, питомник; благоприятная, благодатная почва to provide ample breeding ground for …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
BREEDING GROUND — 1) зоол. место размножения; нерестилище; гнездовье 2) питательная среда, рассадник, питомник; благоприятная, благодатная почва to provide ample breeding ground for misunderstanding — …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
BREEDING GROUND — 1) место размножения; гнездовье 2) нерестилище, место нереста 3) щенная залёжка (тюленей)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
BREEDING GROUND — 1) место размножения; гнездовье 2) нерестилище, место нереста 3) щенная залёжка ( тюленей )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
BREEDING GROUND — 1) место кормёжки, место питания 2) питательная среда, рассадник, питомник, благоприятная почва
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
BREEDING GROUND — район возникновения (циклона)
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь морских терминов
BREEDING GROUND — питомник нерестилище источник, очаг
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
BREEDING — Application of genetic principles in animal husbandry, agriculture, and horticulture to improve desirable qualities. Ancient agriculturists improved many plants through …
Английский словарь Британика
GROUND — I. ˈgrau̇nd noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English ground, grund, from Old English grund; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BREEDING — noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English breding, from gerund of breden 1. a. : the action or process of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BREEDING — (n.) The raising or improving of any kind of domestic animals; as, farmers should pay attention to breeding.
Английский словарь Webster
BREEDING — ( n. ) The raising or improving of any kind of domestic animals; as, farmers should pay attention to breeding.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
GROUND
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BREEDING — /bree"ding/ , n. 1. the producing of offspring. 2. the improvement or development of breeds of livestock, as by selective …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GROUND — I. ˈgrau̇nd noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English grund; akin to Old High German grunt ground …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GROUND
Webster English vocab
BREEDING — noun descent; pedigree; extraction. 2. breeding ·noun nurture; education; formation of manners. 3. breeding ·noun the act or process of …
Webster English vocab
GROUND — [ground] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OE grund; akin to OHG grunt ground] (bef. 12c) 1 a: the bottom of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GROUND — / graʊnd; NAmE / noun , verb , adjective —see also grind verb ■ noun SURFACE OF EARTH 1. (often …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BREEDING — / ˈbriːdɪŋ; NAmE / noun [ U ] 1. the keeping of animals in order to breed from them : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GROUND — I. ground 1 S1 W1 /ɡraʊnd/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ ground , ↑ underground , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BREEDING — breed ‧ ing /ˈbriːdɪŋ/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] 1 . when animals produce babies: Open-sea fish lay several million eggs …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GROUND — n. & v. --n. 1 a the surface of the earth, esp. as contrasted with the air around it. b …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GROUND — n. & v. n. 1 a the surface of the earth, esp. as contrasted with the air around it. b …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GROUND — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a the surface of the earth, esp. as contrasted with the air around it. …
Oxford English vocab
GROUND — ( grounds, grounding, grounded) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. The ground …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BREEDING — If someone says that a person has breeding , they mean that they think the person is from a good …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GROUND — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cricket field/ground/pitch (= area of ground where cricket is played ) ▪ the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BREEDING — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES breeding ground ▪ Overcrowded slums are breeding grounds for crime. fish/marine/breeding tank (= for keeping …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BREEDING — [noun] [U]The family's business was horse-breeding.We used to keep pigs for breeding purposes.The penguins' breeding season has begun.These animals always …
Cambridge English vocab
BREEDING — n. Application of genetic principles in animal husbandry, agriculture, and horticulture to improve desirable qualities. Ancient agriculturists improved many plants …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GROUND — See: BREAK GROUND, COMMON GROUND, COVER GROUND or COVER THE GROUND, CUT THE GROUND FROM UNDER, EAR TO THE GROUND, …
Slang English vocab
BREEDING — noun 1 activity of producing plants/animals ADJECTIVE ▪ animal , horse , livestock , plant , etc. ▪ selective ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BREEDING — n. 25B6; noun individual birds pair for breeding : REPRODUCTION, procreation; mating. the breeding of rats : REARING, raising, nurturing. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BREEDING — n. 1 rearing, bringing-up, raising, cultivation, development, propagation The breeding of sheepdogs has been Tom's hobby for years 2 (good) …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
GROUND — See: BREAK GROUND, COMMON GROUND, COVER GROUND or COVER THE GROUND, CUT THE GROUND FROM UNDER, EAR TO THE GROUND, …
Словарь английских идиом
GROUND — noun 1 BAD : The plane flew over enemy ground. GOOD : The plane flew over enemy territory. ◆◆◆ FLOOR …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BREEDING — сущ. 1) разведение (животных) livestock breeding ≈ разведение домашних животных horse breeding ≈ разведение лошадей poultry breeding ≈ разведение птиц …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GROUND
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BREEDING — n 1. размножение ( животных, птиц ) in-and-in breeding - биол. родственное спаривание, узкородственное разведение, инбридинг breeding colour - биол. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GROUND — 1) земля, почва; грунт 2) основание ( сооружения ) || устраивать основание ( сооружения ) 3) горн. подошва ( выработки …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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