different between breeding vs fruitful

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?i?d??/
• Rhymes: -i?d??

Etymology 1

From Middle English breedyng, bredynge (“gestation, incubation, propagation, hatching; engineering, formation, development, growth”), equivalent to breed +? -ing.

Noun

breeding (countable and uncountable, plural breedings)

1. Propagation of offspring through sexual reproduction.
2. The act of insemination by natural or artificial means.
3. The act of copulation in animals.
4. The good manners regarded as characteristic of the aristocracy and conferred by heredity.
5. Nurture; education; formation of manners.
6. Descent; pedigree; extraction.
7. (gay slang) Ejaculation inside the rectum during bareback anal sex, usually applied to gay pornography.

Derived terms

• inbreeding
• outbreeding

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English bredyng, bredynge, from Old English *br?dende, from Proto-Germanic *br?dijandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *br?dijan? (“to brood; breed”), equivalent to breed +? -ing.

Adjective

breeding (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to or used for breeding.

   Your toothbrush is a breeding ground for bacteria.

Derived terms

• breeding ground

Verb

breeding

1. present participle of breed

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

Anagrams

• beringed, bigender

English

Alternative forms

• fruitfull (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English fruitefull, equivalent to fruit +? -ful. Compare Dutch vruchtvol, German fruchtvoll, Swedish fruktfull.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?u?tf?l/
• Hyphenation: fruit?ful

Adjective

fruitful (comparative more fruitful, superlative most fruitful)

1. Favourable to the growth of fruit or useful vegetation; not barren.

   Synonym: fertile

   Antonyms: barren, infertile, unfruitful
2. Being productive in any sense; yielding benefits.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:productive

   Antonym: unfruitful

Synonyms

• fruitious (obsolete)

Related terms

• fruitfully
• fruitfulness

Translations

References

• fruitful in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• fruitful in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.