interbreeding

interbreeding is the present participle and gerund of interbreed.

Noun

interbreeding (countable and uncountable, plural interbreedings)

breeding within a narrow range of individuals

Synonyms:

inbreeding
breeding between heterogeneous individuals

Synonyms:

crossbreeding, hybridization

interbreed (third-person singular simple present interbreeds, present participle interbreeding, simple past and past participle interbred)

To breed or reproduce within an isolated community.
(ambitransitive) To breed or reproduce within a heterogenous community, the products of which produce hybrids.
- The rypes and our red grouse are identically the same bird, though disease has never been known in the former, and even interbreeding with the red grouse, to the limited extent they are ever likely to do, should do more good than harm.1909, Knowledge and Illustrated Scientific News, volume 32, page 426

plural	interbreedings

What does interbreeding mean?: Interbreeding means breeding within a narrow range of individuals.
What is interbreeding the present participle and gerund of?: Interbreeding is the present participle and gerund of interbreed.
What part of speech is interbreeding?: Interbreeding is a noun.
What is the plural of interbreeding?: The plural of interbreeding is interbreedings.

Adapted from Wiktionary: interbreeding (page history and authors); interbreed (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

Cite this entry: “interbreeding.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/interbreeding. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.