domesticated

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English

Definitions

verb

To make domestic.
To make fit for domestic life.
To adapt to live with humans.“The Russian claims to have successfully domesticated foxes.”
To adapt to live with humans.“Dogs have clearly domesticated more than cats.”

adjective

(of an animal or a plant, especially a pet) selectively bred to live with or around humans.

Related words

Synonyms

tame tamed domestic household cultured cultivated built-in embedded integrated incorporated our husbandry grown farmed mainstreamed transposed

Antonyms

foreignize undomesticated

Associated

pepo emmer domestication aurochs silkworm llamas bactrian fowl llama goats feral pigeon

Rhymes

elated exasperated agitated infatuated aggravated inundated irritated sophisticated antiquated reiterated

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