n. The act of generating or producing.n. The rearing of cattle or live stock of any kind, particularly by mingling or crossing one strain of a species of variety with another, with a view to improve the breed. See cross-breeding and in-and-in.n. Upbringing; nurture; education; instruction.n. Deportment of behavior in social life; manners, especially good manners: as, good breeding (politeness); a man of no breeding (that is, a very ill-bred man).n. In society his good breeding and vivacity made him always welcome. Macaulay, Dramatists of the Restoration.n. Descent; extraction.n. Synonyms Generation, production. Raising. Training, discipline.