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breeding up

breeding up is the present participle and gerund of breed up.

Meaning of breed up

Verb

breed up (third-person singular simple present breeds up, present participle breeding up, simple past and past participle bred up)

  1. (transitive) To educate; to instruct; to bring up.

Questions about breeding up

What is breeding up the present participle and gerund of?
Breeding up is the present participle and gerund of breed up.

Words near breeding up in the dictionary

  1. breeding grounds
  2. breeding hips
  3. breeding in the bone
  4. breeding like rabbits
  5. breeding true
  6. breeding up
  7. breeding-ground
  8. breeding-grounds
  9. breedings
  10. breedism
  11. breedist

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