What is the meaning of breeding?

noun

• Elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression.
  • synonyms: genteelness, gentility
• The result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior. )
  • usage: "a woman of breeding and refinement"
  • synonyms: education, training
• Helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community.
  • usage: "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"
  • synonyms: bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing
• The production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization.
• The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring.
  • synonyms: reproduction, procreation, facts of life

verb

• Call forth.
  • synonyms: engender, breed, spawn
• Copulate with a female, used especially of horses.
  • usage: "The horse covers the mare"
  • synonyms: breed, cover
• Cause to procreate (animals. )
  • usage: "She breeds dogs"
  • synonyms: breed
• Have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms. )
  • usage: "pandas rarely breed in captivity"; "These bacteria reproduce"
  • synonyms: breed, multiply

adjective

• Producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring.
  • usage: "the breeding population"; "retained a few bulls for breeding purposes"