breeding
The act of insemination by natural or artificial means.
Noun 3 meanings
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.
Adjective 1 meaning
Of, relating to or used for breeding.
“Your toothbrush is a breeding ground for bacteria.”
Etymology
From Middle English breedyng, bredynge (“gestation, incubation, propagation, hatching; engineering, formation, development, growth”), equivalent to breed + -ing.
BREEDING at a glance
BREEDING has 8 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (B 3 + R 1 + E 1 + E 1 + D 2 + I 1 + N 1 + G 2) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,114 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with breeding
All rhymes- BEING8
- GOING7
- SOMETHING15
- DURING8
- THING9
- DOING7
- HAVING13
- GETTING9
- LOOKING12
- ANYTHING15
- NOTHING11
- EVERYTHING20
One letter away
- BLEEDING12
- BREADING12
- BREEZING20
- BREERING11
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