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descent
English
Etymology
From Middle English and Anglo-Norman descente, from Anglo-Norman descendre (“to descend”); see descend. Compare ascent, ascend. Doublet of desant.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??s?nt/
- Homophones: dissent (for some dialects)
Noun
descent (countable and uncountable, plural descents)
- An instance of descending; act of coming down.
- 2012, July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
- The next one surrendered his bike, only for that, too, to give him a second flat as he started the descent.
- 2012, July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
- A way down.
- We had difficulty in finding the correct descent.
- A sloping passage or incline.
- The descent into the cavern was wet and slippery.
- Lineage or hereditary derivation.
- Our guide was of Welsh descent.
- A drop to a lower status or condition; decline. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- After that, the holiday went into a steep descent.
- A falling upon or invasion.
- (topology) A particular extension of the idea of gluing. See Descent (mathematics).
Usage notes
- Sometimes confused with decent.
Antonyms
- (going down): ascent
Derived terms
- hypodescent, hyperdescent
Related terms
- descend
Translations
Further reading
- descent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- descent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- cedents, scented
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breeding
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)
- Propagation of offspring through sexual reproduction.
- 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.
- Descent; pedigree; extraction.
- (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)
- Of, relating to or used for breeding.
- Your toothbrush is a breeding ground for bacteria.
Derived terms
- breeding ground
Verb
breeding
- 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
breeding From the web:
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- what's breeding stock
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- what breeding soundness examination
- what breeding line
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