Meaning

7 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Propagation of offspring through sexual reproduction.

    выра́щиваниеvyráščivanije, разведе́ниеrazvedénije, родосло́внаяrodoslóvnaja

    the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring

  2. (countable, uncountable)The act of insemination by natural or artificial means.

    разведе́ниеrazvedénije, размноже́ниеrazmnožénije, осемене́ниеosemenénije

  3. (countable, uncountable)The act of copulation in animals.

    копуля́цияkopuljácija, сноше́ниеsnošénije, совокупле́ниеsovokuplénije

  4. (countable, uncountable)The good manners regarded as characteristic of the aristocracy and conferred by heredity.

    воспи́танностьvospítannostʹ

  5. (countable, uncountable)Nurture; education; formation of manners.

  6. (countable, uncountable)Descent; pedigree; extraction.

    Your dog has good breeding.

  7. (countable, uncountable)Ejaculation inside the rectum during bareback anal sex.

Examples

96 sentences
  1. Tom kept a pair of rabbits for breeding.

    ruТом держал пару кроликов на развод.

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  2. To the best of my knowledge, this chemical will prevent germs from breeding.

    Наскільки мені відомо, ця хімічна речовина не дозволяє мікробам розмножуватися.

    ruНасколько мне известно, данное химическое вещество не позволяет микробам размножаться.

    deSoweit ich weiß, wird diese Chemikalie verhindern, dass sich Keime entwickeln.

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  3. A few months later they return to their breeding grounds in the Arctic.

    deEin paar Monate später kehren sie zu ihren Brutstätten in der Arktis zurück.

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  4. Birth is much, breeding is more.

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  5. This chemical will prevent germs from breeding.

    deDiese Chemikalie wird verhindern, dass sich Keime entwickeln.

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Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 4
process through which propagation, growth or development occurs:
act of inseminating by natural or artificial means:
copulation of animals:
good manners as characteristic of the aristocracy:

Origin

From Middle English breedyng, bredynge (“gestation, incubation, propagation, hatching; eng

From Middle English breedyng, bredynge (“gestation, incubation, propagation, hatching; engineering, formation, development, growth”), equivalent to breed + -ing.

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Forms

plural: breedings
Singularbreeding
Pluralbreedings

regular

Synonyms

14 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

17 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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