breeding
English
/ˈbɹiːdɪŋ/
noun
Definitions
- Propagation of offspring through sexual reproduction.
- The act of insemination by natural or artificial means.
- The act of copulation in animals.
- The good manners regarded as characteristic of the aristocracy and conferred by heredity.
- Nurture; education; formation of manners.
- Descent; pedigree; extraction.
- (gay slang) Ejaculation inside the rectum during bareback anal sex, usually applied to gay pornography.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English breedyng suffix from English breed.
Origin
English
breed
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antibreeding English
- breed English
- breedable English
- breedbate English
- breeder English
- breedest English
- breedeth English
- breedism English
- breedist English
- breedy English
- cobreeding English
- colorbreed English
- cross-breed English
- crossbreed English
- half-breed English
- inbreed English
- interbreed English
- intrabreed English
- line English
- linebreeding English
- misbreed English
- multibreed English
- nonbreeding English
- outbreed English
- outbreeding English
- overbreed English
- postbreeding English
- prebreeding English
- rebreed English
- stock English
- stockbreeding English
- subbreed English
- thoroughbreed English
- unbreed English
- unbreeding English
- underbreed English
- upbreed English
- breden Middle English
- breedyng Middle English
- bredi Esperanto
- line
- breed
- stock
- breedy
- unbreed
- inbreed
- rebreed
- upbreed
- breeder
- breedeth
- misbreed
- breedest
- breedist
- breedism
- outbreed
- subbreed
- breedable
- overbreed
- breedbate
- underbreed
- interbreed
- intrabreed
- half-breed
- multibreed
- colorbreed
- unbreeding
- cobreeding
- crossbreed
- cross-breed
- outbreeding
- prebreeding
- nonbreeding
- linebreeding
- postbreeding
- antibreeding
- stockbreeding
- thoroughbreed