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Breeding vs Bleeding - What's the difference?

breeding | bleeding |

As nouns the difference between breeding and bleeding

is that breeding is the process through which propagation, growth or development occurs while bleeding is the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel.

As adjectives the difference between breeding and bleeding

is that breeding is of, relating to or used for breeding while bleeding is (used as an intensifier) extreme, outright.

As verbs the difference between breeding and bleeding

is that breeding is present participle of lang=en while bleeding is present participle of lang=en.

As an adverb bleeding is

(used as an intensifier) Extremely.

breeding

Noun

(-)
  • The process through which propagation, growth or development occurs.
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  • , title= Wild Plants to the Rescue , volume=101, issue=3, page=222, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Plant breeding is always a numbers game.
  • 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
  • She had her breeding at my father's charge.
  • Descent; pedigree; extraction.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Honest gentlemen, I know not your breeding .
  • (gay slang) Ejaculation inside the rectum during bareback anal sex, usually applied to gay pornography.
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • Of, relating to or used for breeding.
  • Your toothbrush is a breeding ground for bacteria.

    Derived terms

    * breeding ground

    Verb

    (head)
  • Through genetic manipulation and harsh training, I am breeding a species of super-dogs to take over the world.

    Anagrams

    *

    bleeding

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Derived terms

    * bleeding heart

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (UK, slang) (used as an intensifier) extreme, outright.
  • * "You are a bleeding liar. Truth is of no interest to you at all." — [http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.software.year-2000/msg/ba82c9dd28cde368]
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  • , year = 2004 , author = DrusillaDax , title = Battlefields , site = Sensus Fanfiction Archive , url = http://www.noiresensus.com/bookshelf/harrypotter/battlefields24.html , accessdate = 2014-10-08 }}
    "You are a bleeding idiot sometimes, but I love you and", Harry hands him the first gift Severus ever gave him and says, "One hundred and sixteen."

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (UK, slang) (used as an intensifier) Extremely.
  • His car's motor is bleeding smoking down the motorway.
    It turns out he was too bleeding cheap to ever drain the oil.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel.
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  • , page=5 (Technology Quarterly), magazine=(The Economist) citation , passage=An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic
  • (medicine, historical) bloodletting