Adjective domesticated has 2 senses
- domestic, domesticated - converted or adapted to domestic use; "domestic animals"; "domesticated plants like maize"
Antonyms: wild, untamed (indirect, via tame)
- domesticated - accustomed to home life; "some men think it unmanly to be domesticated; others find gratification in it"
Antonym: undomestic (indirect, via domestic)
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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"
--1 is one way to adapt, accommodate
Sample sentence:
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- domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame - overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"
--2 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentences:
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- 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"
--3 is one way to adapt, accommodate
Sample sentence:
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