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Definition: Breeding |
BreedingAdjective1. Producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring; "the breeding population"; "retained a few bulls for breeding purposes". Noun1. Elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression. 2. The result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior); "a woman of breeding and refinement". 3. Raising someone to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important". 4. The production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization. 5. The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "breeding" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
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Medicine | The science or art of changing the constitution of a population of plants or animals through sexual reproduction. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Technique of growing and maintaining cells, tissues and organs under artificial conditions. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Nuclear Energy & Physics | Conversion when the conversion ratio is greater than unity. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: BreedingSynonyms: bringing up (n), education (n), facts of life (n), fosterage (n), fostering (n), genteelness (n), gentility (n), nurture (n), procreation (n), raising (n), rearing (n), refinement (n), reproduction (n), training (n), upbringing (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Courtesy | Noun: courtesy; respect; good manners, good behavior, good breeding; manners; politeness; Adjective: bienseance, urbanity, comity, gentility, breeding, polish, presence; civility, civilization; amenity, suavity; good temper, good humor; amiability, easy temper, complacency, soft tongue, mansuetude; condescension; (humility); affability, complaisance, pr_venance, amability, gallantry; pink of politeness, pink of courtesy. |
Discourtesy | Noun: discourtesy;ill breeding; ill manners, bad manners, ungainly manners; insuavity; uncourteousness;Adjective: rusticity, inurbanity; illiberality, incivility displacency. |
Fashion | Manners, breeding; (politeness); air, demeanor; (appearance); savoir faire; gentlemanliness, gentility, decorum, propriety, biens_ance; conventions of society; Mrs. Grundy; punctilio; form, formality; etiquette, point of etiquette; dress. |
Husbandry | Noun: husbandry, taming. Verb: circuration, zoohygiantics; domestication, domesticity; manege, veterinary art; farriery; breeding, pisciculture. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | He had this crazy idea about breeding pine trees (Back to the Future; writing credit: Robert Zemeckis; Bob Gale) | |
Clever | Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person. (references; author: Mark Twain) | |
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Car parts in West Palm Beach, Florida. Aedes aegypti mosquito breeding site. Credit: CDC. | Car junk yard in West Palm Beach, Florida. Potential mosquito breeding site. Credit: CDC. | ||
![]() | The Lena River, some 2,800 miles(4,500km) long, is one of the largest rivers in the world. The Lena Delta Reserve is the most extensive protected wilderness area in Russia. It is an important refuge and breeding grounds for many species of Siberian wildlife. Credit: NASA. | ![]() | Humpback salmon, breeding female. In: "The Fishes of Alaska." Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, Vol. XXVI, 1906. P. 360, Plate XXVI. Credit: Fisheries. |
![]() | Dog salmon, breeding female. In: "The Fishes of Alaska." Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, Vol. XXVI, 1906. P. 360, Plate XXVIII. Credit: Fisheries. | ![]() | Sachuest Marsh is a significant mosquito breeding area, restoration work at the marsh also included open water management techniques to control mosquitos. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
![]() | North Inlet - Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Estuaries are important breeding and feeding areas for a variety of wading birds , including these great (yellow bills) and snowy egrets (black bills) on Pumpkinseed Island in Winyah Bay. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). | ![]() | Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Glossy ibis - Plegadis falcinellus. Hope Island provides a safe haven for this species for breeding. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
![]() | Mature soybeans- Most soybean varieties have the Agricultural Research Service in their pedigree. Agency scientists have released 66 varieties and 280 breeding lines between 1980 and August 1994. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. | ![]() | More than 70 percent of all citrus fruits grown in the United States are varieties developed by the ARS citrus breeding program. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Aristophanes | You have all the characteristics of a poplular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner. |
Lord Chesterfield | Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others. |
| The scholar without good breeding is a nitpicker; the philosopher a cynic; the soldier a brute and everyone else disagreeable. | |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | Good breeding, a union of kindness and independence. |
Steele | Ceremony is the invention of wise men to keep fools at a distance; as good breeding is an expedient to make fools and wise men equals. |
William Wycherley | Women of quality are so civil, you can hardly distinguish love from good breeding. |
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Health | Agricultural practices also can affect mosquito breeding areas. (references) | |
Rainfall expands breeding grounds, and in many tropical areas, malaria cases increase during the rainy season. (references) | ||
Because the mucus provides an ideal breeding ground for many microorganisms, CF patients have frequent airway infections. (references) | ||
Business | The development of animal husbandry will also boost the development of the animal feed and breeding. (references) | |
Scrap tires are not themselves hazardous material, but tires held in open storage have become breeding grounds for bacteria and microorganisms of health concern. (references) | ||
This type of confusion has been the breeding ground for several consulting firms which "besiege" the market participating in conferences and trade shows offering their services. (references) | ||
Economic History | Hungary | Hungary is a producer and exporter of poultry breeding stock and poultry. (references) |
Turkey | A change in regulations in 1999 allows imports of beef and dairy breeding cattle. (references) | |
Moldova | Meat output decreased almost 20 percent, largely due to unfavorable livestock breeding conditions. (references) | |
Political Economy | TURKEY | Although, the ban on breeding cattle imports was lifted in 1999, permits are limited by Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) regulations. (references) |
INDIA | Import licenses are still required for pesticides and insecticides, some fruits and vegetables, breeding stock, most pharmaceuticals and chemicals, and products reserved in India for small-scale industry. (references) | |
Trade | Bolivia | Purebred livestock imported for breeding purposes also require a pedigree certificate. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | BEHAVIOR, n. Conduct, as determined, not by principle, but by breeding. The word seems to be somewhat loosely used in Dr. Jamrach Holobom's translation of the following lines from the Dies Irae: Recordare, Jesu pie, Quod sum causa tuae viae. Ne me perdas illa die. Pray remember, sacred Savior, Whose the thoughtless hand that gave your Death-blow. Pardon such behavior. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Livestock producers, in their fourth straight year of record losses, were liquidating breeding herds at an unparalleled rate. |
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| "Breeding" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 88.86% of the time. "Breeding" is used about 1,004 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 88.86% | 892 | 7,998 |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 10.75% | 108 | 31,306 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.4% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,004 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "breeding" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Breeding | Last name | 2,000 | 5,350 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
1. Breeding, KY |
Expressions using "breeding": animal breeding ♦ breeding animal ♦ breeding boar ♦ breeding box for premature infants ♦ breeding cattle ♦ breeding ground ♦ breeding horse ♦ breeding mare ♦ breeding of birds ♦ breeding place ♦ breeding rate ♦ breeding season ♦ breeding stallion ♦ breeding value ♦ cattle breeding ♦ Close breeding ♦ Court breeding ♦ cross breeding ♦ dog breeding ♦ estimated breeding value ♦ fish breeding ♦ Good breeding ♦ have good breeding ♦ high breeding ♦ horse breeding ♦ ill breeding ♦ In and in breeding ♦ kept for breeding ♦ Line breeding ♦ livestock breeding ♦ ovine or caprine animals for breeding ♦ ovine or caprine animals for breeding and fattening ♦ pig breeding ♦ plant breeding ♦ selective breeding ♦ sheep breeding ♦ silkworm breeding ♦ stock breeding ♦ swine breeding. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "breeding": breeding-centre, breeding-ground, breeding-grounds, breeding-place, breeding-station. | |
Ending with "breeding": captive-breeding, cross-breeding, horse-breeding, in-breeding, non-breeding. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
dog breeding | 986 | breeding horse picture | 56 |
horse breeding | 746 | breeding guinea pig | 56 |
breeding | 671 | betta fish breeding | 55 |
breeding rabbit | 210 | goat breeding | 49 |
breeding hamster | 161 | breeding rat | 47 |
breeding collared yellow | 136 | breeding budgies | 46 |
bettas breeding | 120 | bearded dragon breeding | 44 |
breeding gold fish | 116 | parakeet breeding | 44 |
cat breeding | 109 | breeding collar yellow | 42 |
breeding guppies | 107 | breeding lovebirds | 41 |
breeding mouse | 106 | boxer breeding | 41 |
betta breeding | 95 | all about breeding canary | 41 |
all about breeding cockateel | 89 | guppy breeding | 40 |
breeding koi | 85 | bird breeding | 40 |
angel fish breeding | 79 | breeding interracial | 35 |
breeding fish | 78 | breeding wife | 34 |
animal breeding | 72 | breeding german shepherd | 34 |
breeding parakeets | 61 | tropical fish breeding | 32 |
chihuahua breeding | 60 | breeding yorkshire terrier | 31 |
breeding cricket | 56 | beta breeding fish | 31 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "breeding"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | opleiding (education). (various references) | |
Albanian | shumim (proliferation, propagation), rritje (accretion, advance, augmentation, boost, climb, cultivation, development, evolution, expansion, extension, gain, germination, growth, increase, increment, intensification, nurture, progress, raise, upgrowth), mbarështim (arrangement, management), edukim (education, nurture, upbringing), arsim (education, indoctrination, schooling). (various references) | |
Arabic | تهذيب (cultivation, culture, discipline, edification, expurgation, polish, politeness, precept, pruning, purgation, refinement, reformation, retouch, revision, sublimation, urbanity), تربية مواشي, تربية (education, nurture, upbringing). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | развъждане (propagation), размножаване (generation, increase, multiplication, procreation, propagation, reproduction, spawning), образование (cultivation, education, schooling, upbringing), добри обноски (civility). (various references) | |
Chinese | 养殖 (Bred, Breed), 孵化 . (various references) | |
Czech | vychování, chov. (various references) | |
Danish | opdragelse (education), kultur (culture), formering (asexual reproduction, cutting, forming, propagation, propagation by cuttings, reproduction), foraedling (breeding of new varieties, refining), avl (outbreeding). (various references) | |
Dutch | vorming (education), teelt (culture), opvoeding (education), opleiding (education), kweken (breed, bring up, cultivate, educate, grow, raise), kweek (couch-grass), fokkerij, cultuur (culture). (various references) | |
Esperanto | bonmaniereco (good breeding, refinement). (various references) | |
Finnish | siitos, kasvatus (education, growing, raising, rearing, training, upbringing), jalostus (ennobling, refining, working up), hyötö (forcing), hapate (culture, ferment, growing, lactic starter, starter, starter culture). (various references) | |
French | reproduction. (various references) | |
Frisian | opfieding (education). (various references) | |
German | erziehung (bringing up, education, nurture, training, upbringing), zucht (breed, chastity, cultivation, culture, discipline, education, growing, keeping, purity, stock, stud, variety), züchtung (breed, cultivation, culture, education, growing, keeping, synthesis, variety), züchtend, Aufzucht (raising, rearing). (various references) | |
Greek | αναπαραγωγή (multiplication, reproduction). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | arsim (education). (various references) | |
Hebrew | תרבית (culture, increase, progeny), ח וך (accustoming, education, schooling, training, upbringing), '"ול (augmentation, big, breed, development, grand, great, growth, high, increment, large, mighty, raising, step up, upbringing, whopping), טפוח (attendance, care, cultivation, fostering, nursing), רבוי (amplification, increase, multiplicity, plurality). (various references) | |
Hungarian | tenyésztés, nemzés (generation, procreation, progeniture, prolification), nevelés (education, nursing, nurture, training). (various references) | |
Indonesian | pembiakan. (various references) | |
Italian | riproduzione (copy, propagation, replica, replication, reproduction), allevamento (farm, fosterage, nurture, raising, upbringing). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 飼育 (raising, rearing). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | たねとり (gathering news, seed-raising), しつけ (basting, discipline, home discipline, rice planting, tacking, training, upbringing), しいく (raising, rearing), しよう (application, cotyledon, employment, extremely important, foliage, leaves and branches, method, personal use, private business, raising, remedy, resource, seed leaf, side issues, specification, sublation, trial, use, utilization, way), そ ち (growth), せいいく (development, growth, raising), いくしゅ. (various references) | |
Korean | 사육. (various references) | |
Malay | pendidikan (education). (various references) | |
Manx | troggal (arise, boost, breed, bring off, bringing up, build, building, buzz off, construct, contract, contract as disease, contraction, development, edifice, elaborate, elaboration, elevate, freshen, freshen of wind, gather up, getting up, harvest, heave, heave as shoulders, hoist, input, invoke, lift, lifting, nurture, pick off; absorption, pick up, pull in, put up, raise, raise up, rally, rear, rearing, rig up, rise, set in rows, sing up, structure, take, train, train as child, winch, wind, winding), sheelraghey (breed, propagate), gientyn (beget, begetting, conceive, conceiving, conception, engender, evolve, father, form, generate, generation, procreate, produce, production, progeniture), geddyn sluight (breed), ellyn (art, artfulness, artistry, behaviour, craftsmanship, manners). (various references) | |
Papiamen | edukashon (education), edukamentu (education). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eedingbray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | reprodução (copy, procreation, propagation, reflex, representation, reproduction). (various references) | |
Romanian | bunã creştere (accomplishment, mannerliness, politeness), reproducere (copy, ditto, facsimile, get, imitation, repetition, reproduction, semblance, trace), educaţie (education, schooling, training, upbringing), culturã (civility, crop, cultivation, culture, education, growing, growth, letter, rearing), creştere de animale domestice. (various references) | |
Russian | разведение (arboriculture, cultivation, culture, keeping, propagation, thinning), выводить разведение;воспитанность, выведение (hatch), воспитание (education, nurture, training, unbringing, upbringing). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | rasplod, priplodan, poreklo (ancestry, birth, derivation, descent, extraction, nascency, origin, origins, provenance, provenience, source, stock, vintage), odgajivanje, množenje (multiplication, reproduction), loza (family, lineage, stem, strain, vine). (various references) | |
Spanish | cría (baby, brood, calf, junior, litter, young). (various references) | |
Swedish | avel. (various references) | |
Tagalog | pag-aáral (education). (various references) | |
Turkish | yetiştirme (cultivation, culture, edification, growing, nurture, upbringing), terbiye (cultivation, decency, dressage, dressing, education, liaison, manners, nurture, politeness, sauce, schooling, seasoning), görgü kuralları (do's and don'ts, etiquette, proprieties, respectabilities), görgü (convenances, cultivation, etiquette, good manners, grace, manners), doğurma (birth, delivery, parturition, procreation), üretme (culture, fabrication, generation, procreation, producing, production, working), üreme (increase, proliferation, propagation, reproduction, reproductive, seminal, semination). (various references) | |
Turkmen | edep (politeness). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | розмноження (generation, procreation, propagation, reproduction), гарні манери, виховання (education, nurture, training, upbringing), виведення (inference, outlet). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự sinh sản sự gây giống, sự chăn nuôi sự giáo dục, phép lịch sự (civility, propriety, savoir vivre). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | admissura. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Zephaniah Chapter 2, Verse 9 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Dia touto zw egw legei kurioV twn dunamewn o qeoV israhl dioti mwab wV sodoma estai kai oi uioi ammwn wV gomorra kai damaskoV ekleleimmenh wV qimwnia alwnoV kai hfanismenh eiV ton aiwna kai oi kataloipoi laou mou diarpwntai autouV kai oi kataloipoi eqnouV mou klhronomhsousin autouV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Propterea vivo ego dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel quia Moab ut Sodoma erit et filii Ammon quasi Gomorra siccitas spinarum et acervi salis et desertum usque in aeternum reliquiae populi mei diripient illos residui gentis meae possidebunt eos |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Therfore Y lyue, saith the Lord of oostis, God of Yrael, for Moab shal be as Sodom, and the sonys of Amon as Gomor; drienesse of thornes, and hepis of salt, and desert, til in to with out eende. The relikis of my peple shuln rauyshe hem, the residues of my folc shuln welde hem. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and salt-pits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall lay them waste, and the remnant of my people shall possess them. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | For this cause, by my life, says the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, truly Moab will become like Sodom and the children of Ammon like Gomorrah, given up to waste plants and salt pools and unpeopled for ever: the rest of my people will take their property, the overflow of my nation will take their heritage. |
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| Language | Zephaniah Chapter 2, Verse 9 |
| Cebuano | Busa ingon nga ako buhi, nagaingon si Jehova sa mga panon, ang Dios sa Israel: Sa pagkamatuod ang Moab maingon sa Sodoma, ug ang mga anak sa Ammon maingon sa Gomorra, usa ka katigayonan sa mga kadyapa ug sa mga gahong sa asin ug sa walay-katapusan nga pagkabiniyaan; ang mahabilin sa akong katawohan mangahimong tukbonon nila, ug ang salin sa akong nasud magapanunod kanila. |
| Croatian | "Zato, života mi moga!" - rijeè je Jahve nad Vojskama, Boga Izraelova: "Moab æe postati kao Sodoma i sinovi Amonovi kao Gomora: polje obraslo koprivom, hrpa soli pustoš dovijeka. Ostatak moga naroda oplijenit æe ih, preostatak moga naroda zaposjest æe ih." |
| Danish | Derfor, så sandt jeg lever, lyder det fra Hærskarers HERRE, Israels Gud: Moab skal blive som Sodoma, Ammoniterne som Gomorra, Jord for Nælder, et Salthul, Ørken til evig Tid. Resten af mit Folk skal plyndre dem; hvad der levnes af mit Folk skal eje dem. |
| Dutch | Daarom, zo waarachtig als Ik leef, spreekt de HEERE der heirscharen, de God Israels: Moab zal zekerlijk zijn als Sodom, en de kinderen Ammons als Gomorra, een netelheide, en een zoutgroeve, en een verwoesting tot in eeuwigheid! De overigen Mijns volks zullen ze beroven, en het overige Mijns volks zal ze erfelijk bezitten. |
| Finnish | Sentähden, niin totta kuin minä elän, sanoo Herra Sebaot, Israelin Jumala, on Mooab tuleva Sodoman kaltaiseksi ja ammonilaiset Gomorran kaltaisiksi, nokkospehkojen maaksi, suolakuopaksi, autioksi iankaikkisesti. Jääneet minun kansastani ryöstävät heitä, ja minun kansakuntani jäännökset ottavat heidät perintöosaksensa. |
| French | C`est pourquoi, je suis vivant! dit l`Éternel des armées, le Dieu d`Israël, Moab sera comme Sodome, et les enfants d`Ammon comme Gomorrhe, Un lieu couvert de ronces, une mine de sel, un désert pour toujours; Le reste de mon peuple les pillera, Le reste de ma nation les possédera. |
| German | Wohlan, so wahr ich lebe! spricht der HERR Zebaoth, der Gott Israels, Moab soll wie Sodom und die Kinder Ammon wie Gomorra werden, ja wie ein Nesselstrauch und eine Salzgrube und eine ewige Wüste. Die übrigen meines Volkes sollen sie berauben, und die Übriggebliebenen meines Volkes sollen sie erben. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Demi Aku yang hidup, Allah bangsa Israel, Aku akan menyapu bersih Moab dan Amon seperti Sodom dan Gomora. Negeri-negeri itu akan penuh dengan sumur-sumur garam dan puing-puing abadi yang ditumbuhi semak-semak belukar. Sisa umat-Ku yang terluput akan merampoki penduduknya, dan merebut tanah mereka." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka sebab itu sesungguh-sungguh Aku ini hidup, demikianlah firman Tuhan serwa sekalian alam, Allah orang Israel, niscaya Moab akan jadi seperti Sodom dan bani Ammonpun seperti Gomorah, yaitu padang jelatang dan cebakan garam dan suatu kerobohan sampai selama-lamanya! Orang yang lagi tinggal dari pada umat-Ku itu kelak menyerang akan dia, dan orang yang lagi tinggal dari pada umat-Ku kelak mengambil dia akan miliknya pusaka. |
| Maori | Mo reira e ora ana ahau, e ai ta Ihowa o nga mano, ta te Atua o Iharaira, he pono ka rite a Moapa ki Horoma, nga tama a Amona ki Komora, hei tupuranga ongaonga, hei rua tote, hei ururua, a ake ake: ma nga toenga o taku iwi ratou e pahua, hei kain ga tupu ratou mo nga morehu o aku tangata. |
| Norwegian | Derfor, så sant jeg lever, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, Israels Gud, skal det gå Moab som Sodoma og Ammons barn som Gomorra: De skal bli neslers eie og en saltgrube og en ørken til evig tid; resten av mitt folk skal plyndre dem; de som blir igjen av mitt folk, skal ta dem i eie. |
| Portuguese | Portanto diz o Senhor dos exércitos, o Deus de Israel: Tão certo como eu vivo, Moabe será como Sodoma, e os filhos de Amom como Gomorra, campo de urtigas e poços de sal, e desolação perpétua; o restante do meu povo os saqueará, e o restante da minha nação os possuira. |
| Rumanian | De aceea, pe viaya Mea, zice Domnul owtirilor, Dumnezeul lui Israel, cq Moabul va fi ca Sodoma, wi copiii lui Amon ca Gomora: un loc acoperit cu mqrqcini, o groapq de sare, un pustiu vecinic; rqmqwiya poporului Meu ki va jqfui, rqmqwiya neamului Meu ki va stqpkni. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "breeding": breedings. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "breeding": crossbreeding, inbreeding, interbreeding, linebreeding, nonbreeding, outbreeding, rebreeding. (additional references) | |
Words containing "breeding": inbreedings, linebreedings, nonbreedings, outbreedings. (additional references) | |
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"Breeding" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bareding, beeding, Beedini, Beresina, bradding, Breddin, Bredun, breedlings, breeing, breesing, Bresdin, Bretigny, Breuning, brueding, reeding. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "breeding" (pronounced brē"ding) |
| 6 | b r ē" d i ng | inbreeding. |
| 5 | -r ē" d i ng | misreading, Reding, rereading. |
| 4 | -ē" d i ng | acceding, bleeding, ceding, conceding, exceeding, feeding, heeding, impeding, interceding, kneading, leading, misleading, needing, pleading, preceding, proceeding, receding, seceding, seeding, speeding, stampeding, succeeding, superseding, weeding. |
| 3 | -d i ng | applauding, apprehending, abounding, according, abiding, adding, affording, aiding, alluding, amending, ascending, astounding, attending, avoiding, awarding, backsliding, balding, banding, bedding, beheading, beholding, bending, bidding, biding, binding, blending, blinding, blockading, boarding, bombarding, bonding, bounding, braiding, branding, breading, brooding, budding, building, cascading, cheerleading, chiding, clouding, codding, coding, coinciding, colliding, colluding, commanding, commending, compounding, comprehending, concluding, condescending, confiding, confounding, contending, cording, corresponding, crowding, crusading, deciding, decoding, defending, defrauding, defunding, degrading, deluding, demanding, denuding, depending, deriding, descending, disbanding, discarding, disregarding, dividing, downgrading, downloading, dreading, eluding, encoding, ending, eroding, evading, excluding, expanding, expending, exploding, expounding, extending, extruding, fading, featherbedding, fending, feuding, Fielding, finding, flooding, folding, forbidding, foreboding, forwarding, founding, freestanding, funding, gadding, gilding, girding, Gladding, gliding, goading, Godding, grading, grandstanding, grinding, grounding, guarding, guiding, handholding, handing, heading, heralding, herding, hiding, hoarding, holding, hounding, impending, imploding, including, intending, intruding, invading, joyriding, kidding, lading, landholding, landing, lauding, lending, loading, longstanding, madding, marauding, masquerading, masterminding, Melding, mending, minding, misspending, misunderstanding, molding, moulding, nodding, nonbinding, nonbuilding, notwithstanding, offending, outbidding, outspending, outstanding, overbuilding, overcrowding, overextending, overfunding, overloading, overriding, overspending, padding, parading, pending, persuading, pervading, plodding, portending, pounding, precluding, presiding, pretending, prodding, proofreading, protruding, providing, pudding, punctuating, raiding, railroading, reading, rebounding, rebuilding, recommending, recording, Redding, refunding, regarding, relending, reminding, rending, rescinding, residing, resounding, responding, retarding, retreading, rewarding, ridding, riding, rodding, rounding, safeguarding, sanding, scaffolding, scalding, scolding, sending, serenading, shading, shedding, shepherding, shielding, shipbuilding, shredding, shrouding, siding, skateboarding, skidding, sledding, sliding, sounding, spearheading, spellbinding, spending, spreading, standing, stranding, striding, subsiding, surrounding, suspending, tending, threading, tiding, trading, transcending, treading, trending, unbending, underfunding, understanding, unending, unfolding, unloading, unwinding, unyielding, upgrading, upholding, upstanding, vending, voiding, wading, warding, wedding, welding, wending, wielding, Wilding, winding, withholding, withstanding, Wooding, wording, wounding, yielding. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: beringed. | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-e-e-g-i-n-r" | |
-1 letter: dreeing, energid, inbreed, rebegin, reeding, reigned. | |
-2 letters: begird, bender, binder, binged, binger, bridge, brined, denier, dinger, edgier, engird, gender, girned, inbred, nereid, rebind, reding, reined, ringed. | |
-3 letters: begin, beige, being, bider, binge, brede, breed, bride, brine, bring, deign, diene, diner, dinge, dirge, edger, eider, ender, genie, genre, gibed, giber, grebe, greed, green, gride. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-d-e-e-g-i-n-r" | |
+1 letter: befringed, breedings, gaberdine. | |
+2 letters: befingered, brightened, debriefing, gaberdines, inbreeding, neighbored, reblending, rebreeding. | |
+3 letters: abridgement, bedarkening, bedcovering, bediapering, bedrenching, bedriveling, befriending, bespreading, bewildering, debriefings, dingleberry, embordering, gingerbread, harbingered, inbreedings, neighboured, nonbreeding, outbreeding, reembodying. | |
+4 letters: abridgements, bedcoverings, bedrivelling, deliberating, dismembering, embroidering, gingerbreads, gingerbready, herringboned, interbedding, linebreeding, nonbreedings, outbreedings, redescribing, unbridgeable. | |
+5 letters: bewilderingly, bioengineered, crossbreeding, decerebrating, dingleberries, gingerbreaded, interbreeding, linebreedings, overburdening, rekeyboarding. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Quotations: Speeches 11. Usage Frequency 12. Names: Frequency | 13. Cities 14. Expressions 15. Expressions: Internet 16. Translations: Modern | 17. Translations: Ancient 18. Bible Trace 19. Derivations 20. Rhymes | 21. Anagrams 22. Bibliography |
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