domestic
part of speech
adjective (domestic); noun (a domestic, domestics — UK informal, or old: a servant)
meaning for a pupil
1) To do with the home or family (domestic jobs like cooking and cleaning). tree →
2) Tame and kept by people, not wild (domestic animals such as cats, dogs and cows). tree →
3) Inside one country, not foreign (domestic flights, domestic news). tree →
4) (UK informal) A quarrel at home, especially one the police are called to. tree →
5) (old) A servant who works in a house. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science, domestic animals versus wild animals. In geography and travel, domestic flights stay in one country. In everyday life, domestic chores. In safety, «domestic violence» is harm inside a family — a serious matter to tell a trusted adult about. Phrases: «domestic animals», «domestic flight», «domestic chores», «domestic appliances».
examples
- Cats and dogs are domestic animals. tree →
- We took a domestic flight from Sydney to Perth. tree →
- Washing up is a domestic chore. tree →
- Cows were domestic animals long ago. tree →
- The washing machine is a domestic appliance. tree →
- The news covered domestic and world events. tree →
- (UK informal) The neighbours were having a domestic. tree →
note
Adjective mostly. Verb «domesticate» (to tame). Opposite: wild (animals), foreign or international (flights). «Domestic violence» is never a child's fault; tell a trusted adult or call for help.
In the corpora
- Silkworms are the caterpillars of the domestic silk moth, and they eat almost nothing but fresh mulberry leaves.
- The domestic silk moth cannot fly properly and no longer lives in the wild; it depends on people completely.
- "A domestic" means a violent quarrel at home (police and news jargon, UK).
- "Domestic engineer" is a joking name for a housewife, househusband or homemaker.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «domestic» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.