Look up: breeding

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   Breeding
   The process of reproduction; mating and giving birth to offspring.
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   breeding
   [adj] - producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring 2. [n] - elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression 3. [n] - raising someone to be an accepted member of the community 4. [n] - the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization
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   breeding
   technique of growing and maintaining cells,tissues and organs under artificial conditions Category: Medicine • the science or art of changing the constitution of a population of plants or animals through sexual reproduction Category: Medicine • conversion when the conversion ratio is greater than unity Category: Nuclear industry (with applied atomic and nuclear physics)<...
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   Breeding
   Breed'ing noun 1. The act or process of generating or bearing. 2. The raising or improving of any kind of domestic animals; as, farmers should pay attention to breeding . 3. Nurture; education; formation of manners. « She had her breeding at my father's charge. Shak. » 4. Deportment or behavior in the external offices and decoru ...
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   breeding
   1. The act or process of generating or bearing. ... 2. The raising or improving of any kind of domestic animals; as, farmers should pay attention to breeding. ... 3. Nurture; education; formation of manners. 'She had her breeding at my father's charge.' (Shak) ... 4. Deportment or behavior in the external offices and decorums of social life; manners; ...
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   breeding
   adjective producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring; `the breeding population`; `retained a few bulls for breeding purposes`
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   breeding
   fostering noun helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community; `they debated whether nature or nurture was more important`
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   breeding
   noun elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression
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   Breeding
   `Breeding` generally refers to the act of biological reproduction or but may also refer to: *Artificial selection, the intentional breeding of certain traits, or combinations of traits, over others ** Selective breeding, in domesticated animals is the process of developing a cultivated breed over time **Smart breeding ** Cat breeding, Dog breeding, Horse breeding, Plant breeding, Cuniculture (rabbit breeding)
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    Breeding
    • (n.) Nurture; education; formation of manners. • (n.) Descent; pedigree; extraction. • (n.) The raising or improving of any kind of domestic animals; as, farmers should pay attention to breeding. • (n.) Deportment or behavior in the external offices and decorums of social life; manners; knowledge of, or training in, the ceremo...
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    breeding
    Selected mating of individuals to produce a strain that is desirable or of scientific interest. See Also: inbreeding, linebreeding, hybridization [breed, fr. M.E. breden, fr. O.E. brdan, + -ing]
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    breeding
    conversion in a nuclear reactor when the conversion ratio is greater than unity
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    breeding
    breeding, in agriculture and animal husbandry, propagation of plants and animals by sexual reproduction; usually based on selection of parents with desirable traits to produce improved progeny. In conventional breeding, progeny inherit genes for both desirable and undesirable traits from both parent...
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