Overview of verb domesticate

The verb domesticate has 3 senses

• domesticate, cultivate, naturalize, naturalise, tame -- (adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil")


• domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame -- (overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons")


• domesticate, 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")

Overview of adj domesticated

The adj domesticated has 2 senses

• domestic, domesticated -- (converted or adapted to domestic use; "domestic animals"; "domesticated plants like maize")


• domesticated -- (accustomed to home life; "some men think it unmanly to be domesticated; others find gratification in it")