domestication

noun (domestication — mostly uncountable)

«domestication» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

Domestication is the long process by which people tamed wild animals and plants over many generations, so they live with or are farmed by people. tree →

In the lessons

In history lessons (the Stone Age, the first farmers), science (evolution, selective breeding); dogs came from wolves through domestication; cows, sheep, wheat and rice too.

Examples

The domestication of the dog began thousands of years ago. tree →
Domestication of wheat helped people settle in villages. tree →
Horses changed life after their domestication. tree →
Cats may have chosen domestication themselves, by living near farms. tree →
Domestication made cows calmer than their wild ancestors. tree →

Note

Mostly uncountable. Verb: domesticate; adjective: domesticated, domestic. Trap: taming one wild animal is not domestication; domestication takes many generations.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «domestication» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«domestication» in the school dictionary on Mova free.

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