'Domestic' definitions:

Definition of 'domestic'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation; "domestic issues such as tax rate and highway construction" [ant: foreign]
adjective
Of or relating to the home; "domestic servant"; "domestic science"
adjective
Of or involving the home or family; "domestic worries"; "domestic happiness"; "they share the domestic chores"; "everything sounded very peaceful and domestic"; "an author of blood-and-thunder novels yet quite domestic in his taste" [ant: undomestic]
adjective
Converted or adapted to domestic use; "domestic animals"; "domesticated plants like maize" [syn: domestic, domesticated]
adjective
Produced in a particular country; "domestic wine"; "domestic oil"
noun
A servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household [syn: domestic, domestic help, house servant]

Definition of 'Domestic'

From: GCIDE
  • Domestic \Do*mes"tic\, a. [L. domesticus, fr. domus use: cf. F. domestique. See 1st Dome.]
  • 1. Of or pertaining to one's house or home, or one's household or family; relating to home life; as, domestic concerns, life, duties, cares, happiness, worship, servants. [1913 Webster]
  • His fortitude is the more extraordinary, because his domestic feelings were unusually strong. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Of or pertaining to a nation considered as a family or home, or to one's own country; intestine; not foreign; as, foreign wars and domestic dissensions. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Remaining much at home; devoted to home duties or pleasures; as, a domestic man or woman. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Living in or near the habitations of man; domesticated; tame as distinguished from wild; as, domestic animals. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Made in one's own house, nation, or country; as, domestic manufactures, wines, etc. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Domestic'

From: GCIDE
  • Domestic \Do*mes"tic\, n.
  • 1. One who lives in the family of an other, as hired household assistant; a house servant. [1913 Webster]
  • The master labors and leads an anxious life, to secure plenty and ease to the domestic. --V. Knox. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. pl. (Com.) Articles of home manufacture, especially cotton goods. [U. S.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'domestic'

From: GCIDE
  • Native \Na"tive\ (n[=a]"t[i^]v), a. [F. natif, L. nativus, fr. nasci, p. p. natus. See Nation, and cf. {Na["i]ve}, Neif a serf.]
  • 1. Arising by birth; having an origin; born. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Anaximander's opinion is, that the gods are native, rising and vanishing again in long periods of times. --Cudworth. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Of or pertaining to one's birth; natal; belonging to the place or the circumstances in which one is born; -- opposed to foreign; as, native land, language, color, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Born in the region in which one lives; as, a native inhabitant, race; grown or originating in the region where used or sold; not foreign or imported; as, native oysters, or strawberries. In the latter sense, synonymous with domestic. [1913 Webster +PJC]
  • 4. Original; constituting the original substance of anything; as, native dust. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Conferred by birth; derived from origin; born with one; inherent; inborn; not acquired; as, native genius, cheerfulness, wit, simplicity, rights, intelligence, etc. Having the same meaning as congenital, but typically used for positive qualities, whereas congenital may be used for negative qualities. See also congenital [1913 Webster +PJC]
  • Courage is native to you. --Jowett (Thucyd.). [1913 Webster]
  • 6. Naturally related; cognate; connected (with). [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • the head is not more native to the heart, . . . Than is the throne of Denmark to thy father. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. (Min.) (a) Found in nature uncombined with other elements; as, native silver, copper, gold. (b) Found in nature; not artificial; as native sodium chloride. [1913 Webster]
  • Native American party. See under American, a.
  • Native bear (Zool.), the koala.
  • Native bread (Bot.), a large underground fungus, of Australia (Mylitta australis), somewhat resembling a truffle, but much larger.
  • Native devil. (Zool.) Same as Tasmanian devil, under Devil.
  • Native hen (Zool.), an Australian rail ({Tribonyx Mortierii}).
  • Native pheasant. (Zool.) See Leipoa.
  • Native rabbit (Zool.), an Australian marsupial ({Perameles lagotis}) resembling a rabbit in size and form.
  • Native sloth (Zool.), the koala.
  • Native thrush (Zool.), an Australian singing bird (Pachycephala olivacea); -- called also thickhead.
  • Native turkey (Zool.), the Australian bustard ({Choriotis australis}); -- called also bebilya. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Natural; natal; original; congenital.
  • Usage: Native, Natural, Natal. natural refers to the nature of a thing, or that which springs therefrom; native, to one's birth or origin; as, a native country, language, etc.; natal, to the circumstances of one's birth; as, a natal day, or star. Native talent is that which is inborn; natural talent is that which springs from the structure of the mind. Native eloquence is the result of strong innate emotion; natural eloquence is opposed to that which is studied or artificial. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'domestic'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Domestic'