Main entry: facts of life, procreation, reproduction, breeding
Definition: the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
Main entry: breeding
Definition: the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization
Main entry: nurture, breeding, bringing up, raising, rearing, fosterage, fostering, upbringing
Definition: helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
Usage: they debated whether nature or nurture was more important
Main entry: genteelness, gentility, breeding
Definition: elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression
Main entry: education, training, breeding
Definition: the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)
Usage: a woman of breeding and refinement
Main entry: breeding
Definition: producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring
Usage: the breeding population; retained a few bulls for breeding purposes