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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024do•mes•ti•cate /dəˈmɛstɪˌkeɪt/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -cat•ed, -cat•ing. - Animal Husbandry, Animal Behaviorto tame (an animal):If you domesticate that raccoon, it will have trouble living in the wild.
- Botanyto change or adapt (a plant) so as to be cultivated by and beneficial to human beings.
- to make (someone) become accustomed to life in a household:I was fully domesticated by then, taking out the garbage and washing the dishes.
do•mes•ti•ca•tion /dəˌmɛstɪˈkeɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024do•mes•ti•cate (də mes′ti kāt′),USA pronunciation v., -cat•ed, -cat•ing. v.t. - Animal Husbandry, Animal Behaviorto convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
- Animal Husbandry, Animal Behaviorto tame (an animal), esp. 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.
- Botanyto 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.
v.i. - to be domestic.
- Medieval Latin domesticātus (past participle of domesticāre), equivalent. to domestic- domestic + -ātus -ate1
- 1635–45
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