Definitions of breeding

1. the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization

2. the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring

3. elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression

4. the result of good upbringing ( especially knowledge of correct social behavior); " a woman of breeding and refinement"

5. The act or process of generating or bearing.

6. The raising or improving of any kind of domestic animals; as, farmers should pay attention to breeding.

7. Nurture; education; formation of manners.

8. 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.

9. Descent; pedigree; extraction.

10. The process of producing, especially of producing young; the bringing up or training of the young; polite and courteous manners; good behavior; as, a person of good breeding.

11. Act of producing: education or manners.

12. Act of producing; nurture or training; manners.

13. The production of offspring.

14. Nurture; training; manners.

15. The act of generating or producing; the raising of a breed; birth; upbringing; manners. Good breeding, politeness.

16. Education; manners.