- (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 ceremonies or polite observances of society.
- (n.) The act or process of generating or bearing.
- (p.pr.&vb.n.) of Breed.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
| APA | Webster's. (2011). breeding. Retrieved September 21, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/breeding/definitions/1982362 |
| Chicago | Webster's. 2011. "breeding" http://smartdefine.org/breeding/definitions/1982362 (accessed September 21, 2026). |
| Harvard | Webster's 2011, breeding, Smart Define, viewed 21 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/breeding/definitions/1982362>. |
| MLA | Webster's. "breeding" 27 May 2011. Web. 21 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/breeding/definitions/1982362> |