'Domesticate' definitions:
Definition of 'domesticate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil" [syn: domesticate, cultivate, naturalize, naturalise, tame]
verb
Overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons" [syn: domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame]
verb
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" [syn: domesticate, tame]
Definition of 'Domesticate'
From: GCIDE
- Domesticate \Do*mes"ti*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Domesticated; p. pr. & vb. n. Domesticating.] [LL. domesticatus, p. p. of domesticare to reside in, to tame. See Domestic, a.]
- 1. To make domestic; to habituate to home life; as, to domesticate one's self. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cause to be, as it were, of one's family or country; as, to domesticate a foreign custom or word. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To tame or reclaim from a wild state; as, to domesticate wild animals; to domesticate a plant. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'domesticate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Domesticate'
- Domestic,
- Domestical,
- Domestically,
- Domesticated,
- Domesticating,
- Domestication,
- Domesticator,
- Domesticity,
- domestic animal,
- domestic ass,
- domestic carp,
- domestic cat,
- domestic dog,
- domestic flight,
- domestic fowl,
- domestic goat,
- domestic help,
- domestic llama,
- domestic partner,
- domestic pigeon,
- domestic prelate,
- domestic science,
- domestic sheep,
- domestic terrorism,
- domestic violence,
- domesticated animal,
- court of domestic relations,
- domestic relations court,
- domestic silkworm moth,
- domesticated silkworm moth,
- gross domestic product