Definition of 'domesticate'
Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense domesticates
, present participle domesticating
, past tense, past participle domesticated
verb
When people domesticate wild animals or plants, they bring them under control and use them to produce food
or as pets.
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domesticate in British English
verb (transitive)
1.
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Derived forms
domesticable (doˈmesticable) adjective
domestication (doˌmestiˈcation)
noun
domesticative (doˈmesticative)
adjective
domesticator (doˈmestiˌcator)
noun
Word Frequency
domesticate in American English
verb transitiveWord forms: doˈmestiˌcated or doˈmestiˌcating
1.
to accustom to home life; make domestic
2.
b.
to adapt and cultivate (wild plants) for human use
3.
to bring (a foreign custom, word, etc.) into a region or country and make it acceptable
verb intransitive
4. Archaic
to become domestic
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Derived forms
domestication (doˌmestiˈcation)
noun
Word origin
< ML domesticatus, pp. of domesticare, to tame, live in a family < L domesticus < domus: see domeWord Frequency
domesticate in American English
(dəˈmestɪˌkeit) (verb -cated, -cating)
transitive verb
1.
to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame
2.
to tame (an animal), esp. by generations of breeding, to live in close association with human beings as a pet or work animal and usually creating a dependency so that the animal loses its ability to live in the wild
3.
to adapt (a plant) so as to be cultivated by and beneficial to human beings
5.
intransitive verb
7.
to be domestic
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Derived forms
domesticable (dəˈmestɪkəbəl) adjective
domestication
noun
domesticative
adjective
domesticator
noun
Word origin
[1635–45; ‹ ML domesticātus (ptp. of domesticāre), equiv. to domestic- domestic + -ātus -ate1]Examples of 'domesticate' in a sentence
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domesticate
British English: domesticate
VERB /dəˈmɛstɪkeɪt/
When people domesticate wild animals or plants, they bring them under control and use them to produce food or as pets.
- American English: domesticate /dəˈmɛstɪkeɪt/
- Brazilian Portuguese: domesticar
- Chinese: 驯养
- European Spanish: domesticar
- French: domestiquer
- German: domestizieren
- Italian: addomesticare
- Japanese: 家畜化する
- Korean: 사육하다
- European Portuguese: domesticar
- Latin American Spanish: domesticar
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