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From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) : [ gazetteer ]


  Breeding, KY
    Zip code(s): 42715

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Breed \Breed\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bred; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Breeding.] [OE. breden, AS. br[=e]dan to nourish, cherish,
     keep warm, from br[=o]d brood; akin to D. broeden to brood,
     OHG. bruoten, G. br["u]ten. See Brood.]
     1. To produce as offspring; to bring forth; to bear; to
        procreate; to generate; to beget; to hatch.
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              Yet every mother breeds not sons alike. --Shak.
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              If the sun breed maggots in a dead dog. --Shak.
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     2. To take care of in infancy, and through the age of youth;
        to bring up; to nurse and foster.
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              To bring thee forth with pain, with care to breed.
                                                    --Dryden.
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              Born and bred on the verge of the wilderness.
                                                    --Everett.
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     3. To educate; to instruct; to form by education; to train;
        -- sometimes followed by up.
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              But no care was taken to breed him a Protestant.
                                                    --Bp. Burnet.
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              His farm may not remove his children too far from
              him, or the trade he breeds them up in. --Locke.
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     4. To engender; to cause; to occasion; to originate; to
        produce; as, to breed a storm; to breed disease.
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              Lest the place
              And my quaint habits breed astonishment. --Milton.
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     5. To give birth to; to be the native place of; as, a pond
        breeds fish; a northern country breeds stout men.
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     6. To raise, as any kind of stock.
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     7. To produce or obtain by any natural process. [Obs.]
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              Children would breed their teeth with less danger.
                                                    --Locke.
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     Syn: To engender; generate; beget; produce; hatch; originate;
          bring up; nourish; train; instruct.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Breeding \Breed"ing\, n.
     1. The act or process of generating or bearing.
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     2. The raising or improving of any kind of domestic animals;
        as, farmers should pay attention to breeding.
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     3. Nurture; education; formation of manners.
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              She had her breeding at my father's charge. --Shak.
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     4. 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.
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              Delicacy of breeding, or that polite deference and
              respect which civility obliges us either to express
              or counterfeit towards the persons with whom we
              converse.                             --Hume.
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     5. Descent; pedigree; extraction. [Obs.]
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              Honest gentlemen, I know not your breeding. --Shak.
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     Close breeding, In and in breeding, breeding from a male
        and female from the same parentage.
  
     Cross breeding, breeding from a male and female of
        different lineage.
  
     Good breeding, politeness; genteel deportment.
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     Syn: Education; instruction; nurture; training; manners. See
          Education.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Breed \Breed\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bred; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Breeding.] [OE. breden, AS. br[=e]dan to nourish, cherish,
     keep warm, from br[=o]d brood; akin to D. broeden to brood,
     OHG. bruoten, G. br["u]ten. See Brood.]
     1. To produce as offspring; to bring forth; to bear; to
        procreate; to generate; to beget; to hatch.
  
              Yet every mother breeds not sons alike. --Shak.
  
              If the sun breed maggots in a dead dog. --Shak.
  
     2. To take care of in infancy, and through the age of youth;
        to bring up; to nurse and foster.
  
              To bring thee forth with pain, with care to breed.
                                                    --Dryden.
  
              Born and bred on the verge of the wilderness.
                                                    --Everett.
  
     3. To educate; to instruct; to form by education; to train;
        -- sometimes followed by up.
  
              But no care was taken to breed him a Protestant.
                                                    --Bp. Burnet.
  
              His farm may not remove his children too far from
              him, or the trade he breeds them up in. --Locke.
  
     4. To engender; to cause; to occasion; to originate; to
        produce; as, to breed a storm; to breed disease.
  
              Lest the place And my quaint habits breed
              astonishment.                         --Milton.
  
     5. To give birth to; to be the native place of; as, a pond
        breeds fish; a northern country breeds stout men.
  
     6. To raise, as any kind of stock.
  
     7. To produce or obtain by any natural process. [Obs.]
  
              Children would breed their teeth with less danger.
                                                    --Locke.
  
     Syn: To engender; generate; beget; produce; hatch; originate;
          bring up; nourish; train; instruct.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Breeding \Breed"ing\, n.
     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; knowledge of, or
        training in, the ceremonies, or polite observances of
        society.
  
              Delicacy of breeding, or that polite deference and
              respect which civility obliges us either to express
              or counterfeit towards the persons with whom we
              converse.                             --Hume.
  
     5. Descent; pedigree; extraction. [Obs.]
  
              Honest gentlemen, I know not your breeding. --Shak.
  
     Close breeding, In and in breeding, breeding from a male
        and female from the same parentage.
  
     Cross breeding, breeding from a male and female of
        different lineage.
  
     Good breeding, politeness; genteel deportment.
  
     Syn: Education; instruction; nurture; training; manners. See
          Education.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  breeding
       adj : producing offspring or set aside especially for producing
             offspring; "the breeding population"; "retained a few
             bulls for breeding purposes"
       n 1: elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression
            [syn: genteelness, gentility]
       2: the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of
          correct social behavior); "a woman of breeding and
          refinement" [syn: education, training]
       3: raising someone to be an accepted member of the community;
          "they debated whether nature or nurture was more
          important" [syn: bringing up, fostering, fosterage,
          nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing]
       4: the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or
          hybridization
       5: the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
          [syn: reproduction, procreation, facts of life]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  breeding
     n.
     1 propagation of offspring through sexual reproduction.
     2 The act of insemination by natural or artificial means.
     3 The act of copulation in animals.
     4 The good manners regarded as characteristic of the aristocracy and
  conferred by heredity.
     5 Nurture; education; formation of manners.
     6 Descent; pedigree; extraction.
     7 (lb en gay slang) ejaculation inside the rectum during bareback
  anal sex.
     a.
     Of, relating to or used for breeding.
     vb.
     (present participle of en breed nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Breeding
     Pennsylvania German n.
     width, breadth

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  breeding
     n.
     1 propagation of offspring through sexual reproduction.
     2 The act of insemination by natural or artificial means.
     3 The act of copulation in animals.
     4 The good manners regarded as characteristic of the aristocracy and
  conferred by heredity.
     5 Nurture; education; formation of manners.
     6 Descent; pedigree; extraction.
     7 (lb en gay slang) ejaculation inside the rectum during bareback
  anal sex.
     a.
     Of, relating to or used for breeding.
     vb.
     (present participle of en breed nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Breeding
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  breeding
     n.
     1 propagation of offspring through sexual reproduction.
     2 The act of insemination by natural or artificial means.
     3 The act of copulation in animals.
     4 The good manners regarded as characteristic of the aristocracy and
  conferred by heredity.
     5 Nurture; education; formation of manners.
     6 Descent; pedigree; extraction.
     7 (lb en gay slang) ejaculation inside the rectum during bareback
  anal sex.
     a.
     Of, relating to or used for breeding.
     vb.
     (present participle of en breed nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Breeding
     Pennsylvania German n.
     width, breadth

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  breeding
     n.
     1 propagation of offspring through sexual reproduction.
     2 The act of insemination by natural or artificial means.
     3 The act of copulation in animals.
     4 The good manners regarded as characteristic of the aristocracy and
  conferred by heredity.
     5 Nurture; education; formation of manners.
     6 Descent; pedigree; extraction.
     7 (lb en gay slang) ejaculation inside the rectum during bareback
  anal sex.
     a.
     Of, relating to or used for breeding.
     vb.
     (present participle of en breed nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Breeding
     Pennsylvania German n.
     width, breadth

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  breeding
     Englanti n.
     jalostus (''siittämällä'')
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm b reed ing)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  breeding
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en breed ordform=prespart)
     Engelska n.
     avel
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb breed)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Breeding /bɹˈiːdɪŋ/
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