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domesticate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb domesticate has 3 senses
- domesticate(v = verb.change) cultivate, naturalise, naturalize, tame - adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil" is one way to accommodate, adapt
- domesticate(v = verb.change) domesticise, domesticize, reclaim, tame - overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons" is one way to alter, change, modify
- domesticate(v = verb.change) 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" is one way to accommodate, adapt
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
domesticate, v.tr.
1 tame (an animal) to live with humans.
2 accustom to home life and management.
3 naturalize (a plant or animal).
1 tame (an animal) to live with humans.
2 accustom to home life and management.
3 naturalize (a plant or animal).
Derivative
domesticable adj. domestication n.
Etymology
med.L domesticare (as DOMESTIC)
THESAURUS
domesticate
acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, accustom, adapt, adjust, anchor, billet at, bivouac, break, break in, break to harness, burrow, bust, camp, case harden, colonize, come to anchor, condition, confirm, domesticize, domiciliate, drop anchor, ensconce, establish, establish residence, familiarize, fix, gentle, habituate, harden, hive, housebreak, inhabit, inure, keep house, live at, locate, master, moor, move, naturalize, nest, orient, orientate, park, people, perch, populate, relocate, reside, roost, season, set up housekeeping, set up shop, settle, settle down, sit down, squat, stand, stay at, strike root, subdue, take residence at, take root, take up residence, tame, train, wontROGET THESAURUS
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Location
VB place, situate, locate, localize, make a place for, put, lay, set, seat, station, lodge, quarter, post, install, house, stow, establish, fix, pin, root, graft, plant, shelve, pitch, camp, lay down, deposit, reposit, cradle, moor, tether, picket, pack, tuck in, embed, imbed, vest, invest in, billet on, quarter upon, saddle with, load, lade, freight, pocket, put up, bag, inhabit, domesticate, colonize, take root, strike root, anchor, cast anchor, come to an anchor, sit down, settle down, settle, take up one's abode, take up one's quarters, plant oneself, establish oneself, locate oneself, squat, perch, hive, se nicher, bivouac, burrow, get a footing, encamp, pitch one's tent, put up at, put up one's horses at, keep house, endenizen, naturalize, adopt, put back, replace.Husbandry
VB tame, domesticate, acclimatize, breed, tend, break in, train, cage, bridle.
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