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(noun) the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization |
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Related Words: autosexing, cattle breeding, dog breeding, horse breeding, production |
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(noun) raising someone to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important" |
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Synonyms: bringing up, fosterage, fostering, nurture, nurturing, raising, rearing, upbringing |
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Related Words: acculturation, socialisation, socialization |
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(satellite adjective) producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring; "the breeding population"; "retained a few bulls for breeding purposes" |
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(noun) elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression |
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Synonyms: genteelness, gentility, refinement |
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Related Words: elegance |
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(noun) the activity of conceiving and bearing offspring |
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Synonyms: procreation, reproduction |
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Related Words: crossbreeding, generation, interbreeding, miscegenation, multiplication, propagation, sex, sex activity, sexual activity |
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(noun) the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior); "a woman of breeding and refinement" |
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Synonyms: education, training |
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Related Words: upbringing |
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