different between breeding vs underbred

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

• under-bred

Etymology

From under- +? bred.

Adjective

underbred (comparative more underbred, superlative most underbred)

1. Of inferior breeding or upbringing; vulgar, lacking in manners or finesse.
   • 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 423:

     The art of governing these under-bred varlets lies more in the dignity of looks than in words […] .
2. (of animals) Not purebred; of an inferior strain.

Synonyms

• (manners): uncouth, rude, impolite

Antonyms

• (breeding): thoroughbred

Verb

underbred

1. simple past tense and past participle of underbreed