different between reproduce vs breeding

English

Etymology

re- +? produce

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??i.p?o??djus/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??i.p?o??dus/

Verb

reproduce (third-person singular simple present reproduces, present participle reproducing, simple past and past participle reproduced)

1. (transitive) To produce an image or copy of.
2. (intransitive, biology) To generate offspring (sexually or asexually), or organisms.
3. (transitive) To produce again; to recreate.
4. (transitive) To bring something to mind; to recall.

Synonyms

• (printing): manifold

Derived terms

• reproducible
• reproducibility

Related terms

• reproduction

Translations

See also

• (generate offspring): procreate, proliferate, spawn

Anagrams

• procedure

Romanian

Etymology

re- +? produce

Verb

a reproduce (third-person singular present reproduc, past participle reprodus) 3rd conj.

1. to reproduce

Conjugation

Spanish

Verb

reproduce

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of reproducir.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of reproducir.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of reproducir.

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