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domesticate
do·mes·ti·cate D0332300 (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.domesticate (dəˈmɛstɪˌkeɪt) or domesticizevb (tr) 1. (Agriculture) to bring or keep (wild animals or plants) under control or cultivation2. to accustom to home life3. (Environmental Science) to adapt to an environment: to domesticate foreign trees. doˈmesticable adj doˌmestiˈcation n doˈmesticative adj doˈmestiˌcator ndo•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. domesticate
Past participle: domesticated
Gerund: domesticating
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| domesticate | | domesticate |
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| I domesticate | | you domesticate | | he/she/it domesticates | | we domesticate | | you domesticate | | they domesticate |
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| I domesticated | | you domesticated | | he/she/it domesticated | | we domesticated | | you domesticated | | they domesticated |
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| I am domesticating | | you are domesticating | | he/she/it is domesticating | | we are domesticating | | you are domesticating | | they are domesticating |
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| I have domesticated | | you have domesticated | | he/she/it has domesticated | | we have domesticated | | you have domesticated | | they have domesticated |
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| I was domesticating | | you were domesticating | | he/she/it was domesticating | | we were domesticating | | you were domesticating | | they were domesticating |
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| I had domesticated | | you had domesticated | | he/she/it had domesticated | | we had domesticated | | you had domesticated | | they had domesticated |
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| I will domesticate | | you will domesticate | | he/she/it will domesticate | | we will domesticate | | you will domesticate | | they will domesticate |
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| I will have domesticated | | you will have domesticated | | he/she/it will have domesticated | | we will have domesticated | | you will have domesticated | | they will have domesticated |
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| I will be domesticating | | you will be domesticating | | he/she/it will be domesticating | | we will be domesticating | | you will be domesticating | | they will be domesticating |
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| I have been domesticating | | you have been domesticating | | he/she/it has been domesticating | | we have been domesticating | | you have been domesticating | | they have been domesticating |
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| I will have been domesticating | | you will have been domesticating | | he/she/it will have been domesticating | | we will have been domesticating | | you will have been domesticating | | they will have been domesticating |
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| I had been domesticating | | you had been domesticating | | he/she/it had been domesticating | | we had been domesticating | | you had been domesticating | | they had been domesticating |
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| I would domesticate | | you would domesticate | | he/she/it would domesticate | | we would domesticate | | you would domesticate | | they would domesticate |
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| I would have domesticated | | you would have domesticated | | he/she/it would have domesticated | | we would have domesticated | | you would have domesticated | | they would have domesticated |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | domesticate - adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"tame, cultivate, naturalise, naturalizeplant life, flora, plant - (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotionadapt, 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"domesticise, domesticize, tame, reclaimanimal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movementalter, 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"tameanimal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movementadapt, 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" |
domesticateverb1. tame, break, train, house-train, gentle We domesticated the dog.2. naturalize, accustom, familiarize, habituate, acclimatize New World peoples domesticated a cornucopia of plants.domesticateverbTo train to live with and be of use to people:domesticize, gentle, master, tame.Translationsdomesticate
domesticate (də-mĕs′tĭ-kāt′)tr.v. domesti·cated, domesti·cating, domesti·cates 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.domesticate
Synonyms for domesticateverb tameSynonyms- tame
- break
- train
- house-train
- gentle
verb naturalizeSynonyms- naturalize
- accustom
- familiarize
- habituate
- acclimatize
Synonyms for domesticateverb to train to live with and be of use to peopleSynonyms- domesticize
- gentle
- master
- tame
Synonyms for domesticateverb adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environmentSynonyms- tame
- cultivate
- naturalise
- naturalize
Related Words- plant life
- flora
- plant
- adapt
- accommodate
verb overcome the wildness ofSynonyms- domesticise
- domesticize
- tame
- reclaim
Related Words- animal
- animate being
- beast
- creature
- fauna
- brute
- alter
- change
- modify
- break in
- break
- domesticate
- tame
verb make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humansSynonymsRelated Words- animal
- animate being
- beast
- creature
- fauna
- brute
- adapt
- accommodate
- domesticise
- domesticize
- domesticate
- tame
- reclaim
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