breeding Definition
breed·ing (-iŋ)
noun
- the producing of young
- the rearing of young; upbringing, education, or training, esp. in manners or social behavior
- good upbringing or training tolerance is a sign of breeding
- the producing of plants and animals, esp. for the purpose of developing new or better types
Etymology: see breed
breeding Usage Examples
Preposition: of
cattle: Future pedigree breeding of cattle: QMS meeting Monday 26th May 2003.
Converse of object
assist: The organic movement had already said that it was content with marker assisted breeding.
Adjective modifier
- selective: Both changes had been brought about by careful selective breeding.
- captive: The Born Free Foundation joins the RSPCA call for captive breeding programs to end.
- marker-assisted: Again, no success whatsoever in GM crops, with limited returns on marker-assisted breeding.
- conventional: In conventional breeding by reproduction, only individuals from the same species or related species can be mated to produce offspring.
- thoroughbred: Thoroughbred Times - US weekly about horse racing and thoroughbred breeding.
- indiscriminate: Many develop contagious diseases, and indiscriminate breeding could mean that many animals have congenital and behavioral problems.
Modifies a noun
- plumage: The bird pictured above is a male in full breeding plumage.
- ewe: Stock rams and breeding ewes are all scrapie tested and results are available on request.
- colony: Little Egret, Only three breeding colonies exist in the UK.
- pair: In fact not a single breeding pair of the target species was found.
- season: The breeding season is from 1 May - 31 July.
- seabird: The third breeding seabird species is Newell's Shearwater.
Noun used with modifier
- pedigree: Future pedigree breeding of cattle: QMS meeting Monday 26th May 2003.
- plant: The same should be done for the plant breeding study.
- livestock: The rapid progress in genomics will transform plant, tree and livestock breeding.
- mutation: For years, breeders have used " mutation breeding " to develop new varieties.
- pig: A Tradition of Genetic Improvement The UK is the birthplace of modern scientific pig breeding.
- sheep: Originally developed for medical diagnosis, its potential has recently been recognized in the totally different area of sheep breeding.
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