Definition: 1. Elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression. 2. The result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior). 3. Raising someone to be an accepted member of the community. 4. The production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization. 5. The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring.
Use 'breeding' in a sentence:
1. Unless current greenhouse gas emissions drop, 70 percent of king penguins—1.1 million breeding pairs—will be forced to relocate their breeding grounds, or face extinction by 2100.
2. To overcome this, Borlaug worked on breeding wheat with shorter and stronger stalks, which could hold on larger seed heads.
3. Only a few of its islands can serve as huge breeding grounds for king penguins.
4. As the distance between their breeding grounds and their food grows, entire colonies could be wiped out.
5. Its breeding grounds are now better preserved.
6. The king penguins there are reluctant to leave for new breeding grounds.
7. It involved research in genetics, plant breeding, plant pathology, entomology, agronomy, soil science, and cereal technology.
8. Those who have bought donkeys are mainly from richer households but, with an increased supply through local breeding, donkeys should become more affordable.
9. He collects the excrement from a panda breeding center in southern China.
10. Le Bohec said: "Unless current greenhouse gas emissions drop, 70 percent of king penguins—1.1 million breeding pairs—will be forced to relocate their breeding grounds, or face extinction by 2100."
11. Among his many hobbies was the breeding of fine horses.
12. CIBC is also perfecting the technique for breeding parasites that prey on "disapene scale" insects.
13. The current political turbulence represents the ideal breeding ground for this sort of collapse in consumer confidence.
14. The tiger, which was named Wandashan-1 by the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, was transported to the China Hengdaohezi Feline Breeding Center in April for medical examination and health monitoring.
15. The majority of them may have to find new breeding grounds in the future.
16. Parts of the shop were very dirty, unhygienic, and an ideal breeding ground for bacteria.
17. Successful breeding requires quiet, peaceful conditions with as little disturbance as possible.
18. Whales will invade king penguins' breeding grounds.
19. Certain shorebirds depend on these eggs for food during their annual spring migration to their northern breeding grounds.
20. Britain's rarest breeding birds are under threat from fanatical and selfish egg collectors.
21. It reproduces incredibly quickly, breeding up to 12 generations per year if conditions are favorable.
22. All bitches should be spayed unless being used for breeding.
23. "I'm trying three methods of breeding," Farrant says, "conventional, genetic modification and gene editing."
24. It's a sign of good breeding to know the names of all your staff.
25. Flaws in the system have created a breeding ground for financial scandals.
26. Horse breeding is indeed a risky enterprise.
27. Dirty hands can be a breeding ground for germs.
28. I am carefully selecting the breeding stock.
29. Warm milk is the ideal breeding ground for bacteria.
30. There is potential for selective breeding for better yields.
31. This area of the city has become a breeding ground for violent crime.
32. To look upon firmly in the eye is considered a sign of ill breeding and is felt to be annoying.
33. Selective breeding may result in a greyhound running faster and seeing better than a wolf.
34. The female changes colour during the breeding season.
35. During the breeding season the birds come ashore.
36. The area now attracts over 60 species of breeding birds.
37. Given patience, successful breeding of this species can be achieved.
