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breeding
A	noun
	1	reproduction, procreation, breeding, facts of life
			the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
		Category Tree: phenomenon ╚process ╚organic process; biological process ╚bodily process; body process; bodily function; activity ╚sexual activity; sexual practice; sex; sex activity ╚reproduction, procreation, breeding, facts of life ╚generation; multiplication; propagation ╚miscegenation; crossbreeding; interbreeding
	2	breeding
			the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚group action ╚transaction; dealing; dealings ╚commerce; commercialism; mercantilism ╚commercial enterprise; business enterprise; business ╚industry; manufacture ╚production ╚breeding ╚horse breeding ╚dog breeding ╚cattle breeding ╚autosexing
	3	breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing
			raising someone to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚group action ╚social control ╚socialization; socialisation; acculturation; enculturation ╚breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing
	4	breeding, genteelness, gentility
			elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚quality ╚elegance ╚breeding, genteelness, gentility
	5	education, training, breeding
			the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior); "a woman of breeding and refinement"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚inheritance; heritage ╚upbringing ╚education, training, breeding
B	adjective
	1	breeding
			producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring; "the breeding population"; "retained a few bulls for breeding purposes"

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