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domesticate
[ duh-mes-ti-keyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to tame (an animal), especially by generations of breeding, to live in close association with human beings as a pet or work animal and usually creating a dependency so that the animal loses its ability to live in the wild.
- to adapt (a plant) so as to be cultivated by and beneficial to human beings.
- to accustom to household life or affairs.
- to take (something foreign, unfamiliar, etc.) for one's own use or purposes; adopt.
- to make more ordinary, familiar, acceptable, or the like:
to domesticate radical ideas.
verb (used without object)
- to be domestic.
domesticate
/ dəˈmɛstɪˌsaɪz; dəˈmɛstɪˌkeɪt /
verb
- to bring or keep (wild animals or plants) under control or cultivation
- to accustom to home life
- to adapt to an environment
to domesticate foreign trees
Derived Forms
- ˌپˈپDz, noun
- ˈپˌٴǰ, noun
- ˈپ, adjective
- ˈپپ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- ··پ·· [d, uh, -, mes, -ti-k, uh, -b, uh, l], adjective
- ··پ··پDz [d, uh, -mes-ti-, key, -sh, uh, n], noun
- ··پ··پ adjective
- ··پ··ٴǰ noun
- ԴDz···پ·· adjective
- ԴDz···پ··Բ adjective
- ····پ·ٱ verb (used with object) overdomesticated overdomesticating
- un···پ·· adjective
- ܲ···پ·· adjective
- ɱ-··پ·· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of domesticate1
Example Sentences
Corn was born here about 9,000 years ago, when Mesoamerican farmers first started to domesticate the wild grass known as teosinte.
The Cairngorms National Park Authority said at the time the pigs were "relatively domesticated" and appeared to have been illegally abandoned.
The FDA says other domesticated animals, including dogs, can get bird flu infections.
It said they appeared to have been illegally abandoned and staff were attempting to capture the "relatively domesticated" animals.
Tariq Janjua, director of Lahore Safari Zoo, told local media that lions cannot be domesticated and keeping them was both cruel to the animal and a danger to humans.
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