This chemical will prevent germs from breeding.
Source: tatoeba (60210)
Breeding
/ˈbɹiːdɪŋ/
Synonyms for "breeding" (182 found)
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Closest matches (37)
Noun(8 words)
alpha decayancestryanimal husbandryanimal rearinganticipatingapprenticeshipatom smashingatom-chippingatom-smashingatomic disintegrationatomic reactionatomizationbackgroundbasic trainingbee culturebeekeepingbegettingbeta decaybombardmentbreaking
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Strong matches (54)
Noun(13 words)
copulatingcultivationdomesticatingdomesticationeducationfacts of lifefosteragefosteringgenerategenetic improvementgenetic improvement through selectiongenteelnessgentility
courtesycrossbreedingcultivationculturedairy farmingdairy-farmingdevelopmentdisciplinedisintegration seriesdissociationdissogenydressagedrilldrillingeleganceendogamyengendermentexchange reactionexerciseexpecting
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fecundfetching-upfissionfission reactionfosteringgamma decaygenerationgenteelnessgentilitygentlemanlikenessgentlemanlinessgentlenessgnotobioticsgood behaviorgood breedinggood mannersgracegravidgrazinggreat
Adjective(1 words)
domesticated organisms
Related words (91)
groomingheavyherdinghorse traininghorsemanshiphousebreakingimprovementin-service traininginbreedingionizationladylikenesslinebreedingmanagemanual trainingmilitary trainingmink-ranchingmultiplicationneutron reactionnonreversible reactionnuclear fission
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nucleizationnurturenurturingon-the-job trainingoutbreedingparturientphotodisintegrationpig-keepingpolishpolitenesspolitessepracticepregnantpreparationprocreationproliferationprolificpropagationproprietyproton gunproton reactionraisingreadyingrearingrefinementrehearsalreversible reactionsheepherdingsloydsplitting the atomstimulationstockstock raisingstockbreedingtargetteemingthermonuclear reactionthremmatologytrainingupbringingvocational educationvocational trainingwith childxenogamyzootechnicszootechny
Noun(25 words)
inseminatingkweekmatchmakingmatingmating relatedmore domesticatednurtureoffspring productionprocreateprocreativeproducepropagatepropagatingraisingrearingrefinementreproducereproducingreproductionsreproductive
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OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
24 entriesacculturationbiological attributebiological processbreeding practicecausecultureeleganceenculturationetiquettegenetic improvementgenetic manipulationgenetic selectioninducelife processproductionreproduction
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More specific
14 entriesanimal breedingconflictcrop breedingcrossbreedinggood breedinginbreedingline breedinglivestock breedingoutbreedingplant breedingpolished mannersresentmentselective breedingtrouble
Collocations
11 entriesanimal breedingartificial selectionbreeding pairbreeding programbreeding seasonbreeding stockbreeding successbreeding valuecrossbreedingplant breedingselective breeding
Inflections
5 entriesDerivations
7 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample sentences
17 total sentences available.
In late August, they set off on a long journey for breeding.
Source: tatoeba (72323)
A few months later they return to their breeding grounds in the Arctic.
Source: tatoeba (73021)
Not until the end of the nineteenth century, did plant breeding become a scientific discipline.
Source: tatoeba (73246)
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