Breeding vs Bread - What's the difference?
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The process through which propagation, growth or development occurs.
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, title= The act of insemination by natural or artificial means.
The act of copulation in animals.
The good manners regarded as characteristic of the aristocracy and conferred by heredity.
Nurture; education; formation of manners.
* Shakespeare
Descent; pedigree; extraction.
* Shakespeare
(gay slang) Ejaculation inside the rectum during bareback anal sex, usually applied to gay pornography.
Of, relating to or used for breeding.
(uncountable) A foodstuff made by baking dough made from cereals.
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, title= * 1962' (quoting '''1381 text), (Hans Kurath) & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., ''(Middle English Dictionary) , Ann Arbor, Mich.: (University of Michigan Press), , page 1242:
(countable) Any variety of bread.
(slang) Money.
Food; sustenance; support of life, in general.
* Bible, (w) vi. 11
As nouns the difference between breeding and bread
is that breeding is the process through which propagation, growth or development occurs while bread is (uncountable) a foodstuff made by baking dough made from cereals or bread can be breadth or bread can be a piece of embroidery; a braid.As verbs the difference between breeding and bread
is that breeding is while bread is to coat with breadcrumbs or bread can be (dialectal) to make broad; spread or bread can be to form in meshes; net.As an adjective breeding
is of, relating to or used for breeding.breeding
English
(wikipedia breeding)Noun
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Wild Plants to the Rescue, volume=101, issue=3, page=222, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Plant breeding is always a numbers game.
- She had her breeding at my father's charge.
- Honest gentlemen, I know not your breeding .
Adjective
(-)- Your toothbrush is a breeding ground for bacteria.
Derived terms
* breeding groundVerb
(head)- Through genetic manipulation and harsh training, I am breeding a species of super-dogs to take over the world.
Anagrams
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English
(wikipedia bread)Etymology 1
From (etyl) bred, breed, from (etyl) .Noun
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- Give us this day our daily bread .