domesticate

domesticate

CEFR: C1-C2 /do-mes-ti-cate/ [d.ah0.m.eh1.s.t.ah0.k.ey2.t]

To domesticate is to bring animals or plants under human control in order to provide food, power, or company. Domestication is the process of domesticating. Here are example sentences:

Example Sentences:
Dogs were probably the first animals to be domesticated.
Through the years of domestication of wheat, there have been several objectives that strive toward making it more productive.
Most historians believe that animal husbandry began with the domestication of wild dogs.