Breeding - English meaning

noun

The emergence of a baby or other young from the body of its mother; the start of life as a physically separate being.

Usage examples:

He was blind from birth

verb

Give birth to (a baby or other young).

Usage examples:

She birthed five children within ten years

noun

The red liquid that circulates in the arteries and veins of humans and other vertebrate animals, carrying oxygen to and carbon dioxide from the tissues of the body.

Usage examples:

Drops of blood

verb

Initiate (someone) in a particular activity.

Usage examples:

Clubs are too slow to blood young players

noun

A member of a north american people belonging to the blackfoot confederacy.

Usage examples:

Even if charlie had concentrated more on the blackfeet and bloods, the overall look of de yong's wa…

noun

Formal politeness and courtesy in behaviour or speech.

Usage examples:

I hope we can treat each other with civility and respect

noun

The quality of being polite

Usage examples:

I learned how much smoother the day goes when people act with civility (= behave in a polite way).

noun

A set or category of things having some property or attribute in common and differentiated from others by kind, type, or quality.

Usage examples:

It has good accommodation for a hotel of this class

verb

Assign or regard as belonging to a particular category.

Usage examples:

Conduct which is classed as criminal

adjective

Showing stylish excellence.

Usage examples:

He's a class player

noun

The showing of politeness in one's attitude and behaviour towards others.

Usage examples:

He treated the players with courtesy and good humour

noun

Polite behavior, or a polite action

Usage examples:

[ u ] they should teach drivers to show pedestrians some courtesy.

noun

Polite behaviour, or a polite action or remark

Usage examples:

He was treated with courtesy and hospitality., i have written to the customer relations director tw…

noun

The action of cultivating land, or the state of being cultivated.

Usage examples:

The cultivation of arable crops

noun

The act of preparing land and growing crops on it, or the act of growing a particular crop

Usage examples:

Agriculture in the valleys consists mainly of the culivation of fruits, grains, and vegetables., th…

noun

The arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively.

Usage examples:

20th century popular culture

verb

Maintain (tissue cells, bacteria, etc.) in conditions suitable for growth.

Usage examples:

Several investigators have attempted to culture biliary cells

noun

The way of life of a particular people, esp. as shown in their ordinary behavior and habits, their attitudes toward each other, and their moral and religious beliefs

Usage examples:

[ u ] he studied the culture of the sioux indians.

noun

A group of one or more parents and their children living together as a unit.

Usage examples:

The family lived in a large house with a lot of land

adjective

Designed to be suitable for children as well as adults.

Usage examples:

A family newspaper

noun

A social group of parents, children, and sometimes grandparents, uncles, aunts, and others who are related

Usage examples:

[ c ] her family moved here when she was eleven., [ u ] many people cope with the demands of both c…

noun

Social superiority as demonstrated by polite and respectable manners, behaviour, or appearances.

Usage examples:

Her grandmother's pretensions to gentility

noun

Politeness and good manners

Usage examples:

His humility and graciousness have won our hearts., she impressed others as a person of extraordina…

noun

Direct descent from an ancestor; ancestry or pedigree.

Usage examples:

A dutch nobleman of ancient lineage

noun

The sexual partner of a bird or other animal.

Usage examples:

A male bird sings to court a mate

verb

(of animals or birds) come together for breeding; copulate.

Usage examples:

Successful males may mate with many females

verb

Short for checkmate (noun).

noun

The action of animals coming together to breed; copulation.

Usage examples:

Courtship and mating also occur on land

verb

(of animals or birds) come together for breeding; copulate.

Usage examples:

Successful males may mate with many females

verb

Short for checkmate (verb).

verb

Obtain from (a number) another which contains the first number a specified number of times.

Usage examples:

Multiply fourteen by nineteen

adverb

In several different ways or respects.

Usage examples:

Multiply injured patients

verb

To add a number to itself a particular number of times

Usage examples:

[ t ] if you multiply 7 by 15 you get 105., [ i ] the viruses multiply within the body.

verb

Obtain from (a number) another which contains the first number a specified number of times.

Usage examples:

Multiply fourteen by nineteen

adverb

In several different ways or respects.

Usage examples:

Multiply injured patients

verb

Present participle of multiply

Usage examples:

If you multiply seven by 15 you get 105., when you multiply two odd numbers, is the answer always o…

verb

Care for and protect (someone or something) while they are growing.

Usage examples:

Jarrett was nurtured by his parents in a close-knit family

noun

The action or process of nurturing someone or something.

Usage examples:

The nurture of children

noun

The identity and origins of one's parents.

Usage examples:

A boy of jamaican parentage

noun

One’s parents or origins

Usage examples:

She’s of puerto rican parentage.

noun

The record of descent of an animal, showing it to be pure-bred.

Usage examples:

They are looking for animals with pedigrees

adjective

(of an animal) pure-bred.

Usage examples:

Pedigree cats

noun

The parents and other family members of a particular animal, or a record of them

Usage examples:

A dog’s pedigree, populism and conservatism have strong southern pedigrees.

verb

Make the surface of (something) smooth and shiny by rubbing it.

Usage examples:

Behind the bar the steward polished glasses busily

noun

A substance used to give something a smooth and shiny surface when rubbed in.

Usage examples:

A tin of shoe polish

adjective

Relating to poland, its inhabitants, or their language.

Usage examples:

The most difficult discussions centred on the polish government and poland's frontiers.

noun

Behaviour that is respectful and considerate of other people.

Usage examples:

He always treated me with the utmost politeness

noun

Behaviour that is socially correct and shows understanding of and care for other people's feelings

Usage examples:

They asked how he was out of politeness, not because they really wanted to know., she smiled at the…

verb

(of people or animals) produce young; reproduce.

Usage examples:

Species that procreate by copulation

verb

To reproduce sexually

noun

The production of offspring; reproduction.

Usage examples:

In general animals copulate purely for the purpose of procreation

verb

Breed specimens of (a plant or animal) by natural processes from the parent stock.

Usage examples:

Try propagating your own houseplants from cuttings

verb

To produce a new plant from a parent plant, or of a plant or animal to reproduce

noun

The breeding of specimens of a plant or animal by natural processes from the parent stock.

Usage examples:

The propagation of plants by root cuttings

noun

The act of producing a new plant from a parent plant

Usage examples:

Students researched the propagation of plants at the city's botanical garden., we saw a demonstrati…

verb

Lift or move to a higher position or level.

Usage examples:

She raised both arms above her head

noun

An increase in salary.

Usage examples:

He wants a raise and some perks

noun

(in poker or brag) an increase in a stake.

Usage examples:

It is usual to agree, before the start of the game, a limit for bets and raises in the poker stage.

verb

Bring up and care for (a child) until they are fully grown.

Usage examples:

Nigel was born and reared in bath

noun

The back part of something, especially a building or vehicle.

Usage examples:

The kitchen door at the rear of the house

adjective

At the back.

Usage examples:

The car's rear window

noun

The process of removing impurities or unwanted elements from a substance.

Usage examples:

The refinement of uranium

noun

The process of improving something

Usage examples:

[ c ] the accuracy of the machine has been increased through a number of refinements., [ u ] the re…

noun

The process of making a substance pure

Usage examples:

The refinement of raw opium yields other drugs, such as morphine., these refinements have increased…

verb

Produce a copy of.

Usage examples:

His works are reproduced on postcards and posters

verb

Produce a copy of.

Usage examples:

His works are reproduced on postcards and posters

verb

Present participle of reproduce

Usage examples:

His work was reproduced on leaflets and magazines., they said the printing was too faint to reprodu…

noun

The action or process of copying something.

Usage examples:

The cost of colour reproduction in publication is high

noun

The act or process of producing new life

noun

A copy of something, especially a work of art or a piece of furniture

Usage examples:

The museum sells cheap reproductions of some of its key artefacts., allow plenty of time for the ph…

noun

The goods or merchandise kept on the premises of a shop or warehouse and available for sale or distribution.

Usage examples:

The store has a very low turnover of stock

adjective

(of a product or type of product) usually kept in stock and thus regularly available for sale.

Usage examples:

25 per cent off stock items

verb

Have or keep a supply of (a particular product or type or product) available for sale.

Usage examples:

Most supermarkets now stock a range of organic produce

noun

The treatment and instruction received by a child from its parents throughout its childhood.

Usage examples:

She had had a christian upbringing

noun

The way in which someone is treated and trained as a child

Usage examples:

Who can argue with the healthy upbringing of happy children?