'Inbreeding' definitions:
Definition of 'inbreeding'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of mating closely related individuals
Definition of 'Inbreeding'
From: GCIDE
- Inbreed \In*breed"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inbred; p. pr. & vb. n. Inbreeding.] [Cf. Imbreed.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To produce or generate within. --Bp. Reynolds. [1913 Webster]
- To inbreed and cherish . . . the seeds of virtue. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To breed in and in. See under Breed, v. i. [1913 Webster]