domesticate

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Verb (transitive)
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb domesticate has 3 senses

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).

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, wont

ROGET THESAURUS

domesticate

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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