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do·mes·ti·cate
(də-mĕs′tĭ-kāt′)tr.v. do·mes·ti·cat·ed, do·mes·ti·cat·ing, do·mes·ti·cates
1. To cause to feel comfortable at home; make domestic.
2. To adopt or make fit for domestic use or life.
3.
a. To train or adapt (an animal or plant) to live in a human environment and be of use to humans.
b. To introduce and accustom (an animal or plant) into another region; naturalize.
n. (-kət, -kāt′)
A plant or animal that has been adapted to live in a human environment.
do·mes′ti·ca′tion n.
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domesticate
(dəˈmɛstɪˌkeɪt) ordomesticize
vb (tr)
1. (Agriculture) to bring or keep (wild animals or plants) under control or cultivation
2. to accustom to home life
3. (Environmental Science) to adapt to an environment: to domesticate foreign trees.
doˈmesticable adj
doˌmestiˈcation n
doˈmesticative adj
doˈmestiˌcator n
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do•mes•ti•cate
(v. dəˈmɛs tɪˌkeɪt; n. -kɪt)v. -cat•ed, -cat•ing,
n. v.t.
1. to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses.
2. to tame (an animal), esp. by generations of breeding, to live in close association with human beings as a pet or work animal or for food, usu. compromising its ability to live in the wild.
3. to adapt (a plant) so as to be cultivated by and beneficial to human beings.
4. to accustom to household life.
5. to take (something foreign, unfamiliar, etc.) for one's own use.
v.i. 6. to adjust to domestic life.
n. 7. something, as an animal, that has been domesticated.
[1635–45; < Medieval Latin domesticātus, past participle of domesticāre, v. derivative of Latin domesticus domestic]
do•mes`ti•ca′tion, n.
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domesticate
Past participle: domesticated
Gerund: domesticating
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| Verb | 1. | domesticate - adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil" adapt, accommodate - make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country" |
| 2. | domesticate - overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons" animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" break in, break - make submissive, obedient, or useful; "The horse was tough to break"; "I broke in the new intern" domesticate, tame - make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans; "The horse was domesticated a long time ago"; "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog" | |
| 3. | domesticate - make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans; "The horse was domesticated a long time ago"; "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog" animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement adapt, accommodate - make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country" domesticise, domesticize, domesticate, tame, reclaim - overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons" |
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domesticate
verb
1. tame, break, train, house-train, gentle We domesticated the dog.
2. naturalize, accustom, familiarize, habituate, acclimatize New World peoples domesticated a cornucopia of plants.
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domesticate
verbTo train to live with and be of use to people:
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Translations
udomačiti
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domesticate
vt wild animal → domestizieren; (hum) person → domestizieren; (= house-train) dog, cat → stubenrein machen
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