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breeding - helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important" |
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fostering,
fosterage,
nurture,
raising,
rearing,
upbringing |
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acculturation,
enculturation,
socialisation,
socialization the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure
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breeding - the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization |
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production (law) the act of exhibiting in a court of law; "the appellate court demanded the production of all documents"
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autosexing (especially of domestic fowl) breeding to reveal differential sex characteristics at hatching
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cattle breeding breeding cattle
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dog breeding breeding dogs
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horse breeding breeding horses
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breeding - elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression |
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genteelness,
gentility |
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elegance a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste; "she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility"
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breeding - producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring; "the breeding population"; "retained a few bulls for breeding purposes" |
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fruitful productive or conducive to producing in abundance; "be fruitful and multiply"
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