domestication
part of speech
noun (domestication — mostly uncountable)
meaning for a pupil
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 →
sense 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.
Trees and pragmatics
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