Vocabulary
Breeding
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
the mating and production of offspring by animals.
Urdu meaning
افزائش نسل، نسل بڑھانا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Entire neighbourhoods have turned into stagnant ponds, ideal breeding grounds for Aedes aegypti.
- The famine was their own fault for breeding like rabbits.
- Guzara forests owned by the community and managed by the forest department run the risk of becoming a new breeding ground of exploitation and environmental degradation if not protected by law.
- To ensure that the populace does not have to endure repeated bouts of agony, deterrence initiatives must at the very least keep pace with mosquito breeding.
- However, Punjab and urban Sindh continue to function as primary breeding grounds.
Synonyms
reproduction, reproducing, procreation, multiplying, propagation, mating, rearing, raising,
Antonyms
bad manners, vulgarity
Curator example
“the flooding of the rivers is a trigger for breeding to start”
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