Breeding

1. The raising or improving of any kind of domestic animals; as, farmers should pay attention to breeding.
2. of Breed
3. Deportment or behavior in the external offices and decorums of social life; manners; knowledge of, or training in, the ceremonies, or polite observances of society.
4. Nurture; education; formation of manners.
5. The act or process of generating or bearing.
6. Descent; pedigree; extraction.