domesticate

[US]/dəˈmestɪkeɪt/
[UK]/dəˈmestɪkeɪt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. to tame or train (an animal) for human use.

Example Sentences

you've quite domesticated him.

mammals were first domesticated for their milk.

believed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco.

The donkey is a domesticated form of the African wild ass.

Cattle were first domesticated in Neolithic times.

Cows were domesticated to provide us with milk.

Many thousand years ago people learned how to domesticate animals.

He is thoroughly domesticated and cooks a delicious chicken casserole.

In South America, a weedy corn relative, teosinte, dresses the edges of domesticated cornfields.

Flatter oneself is addlehead, never refute to the opinion of others, be like sheep to elder and ranking domesticate, also be docile and obedient to the spouse.

PDD is a fatal disease that causes nervous system disorders in both domesticated and wild birds in the psittacine, or parrot, family worldwide.

Real-world Examples

Dogs were the first animals to be domesticated.

Source: Science 60 Seconds - Scientific American February 2022 Collection

Let's face it, domestication has its appendages.

Source: Insect Kingdom Season 2 (Original Soundtrack Version)

Homoptera are sometimes domesticated and raised by ants.

Source: Insect Kingdom Season 2 (Original Soundtrack Version)

The sugarcane plant was first domesticated around 8000 BC.

Source: PBS Fun Science Popularization

Dogs were the first domesticated animal of any kind.

Source: VOA Standard Speed March 2016 Compilation

What if animals don't need to be domesticated but instead simply need to be socialized?

Source: Science in 60 Seconds - Scientific American April 2022 Collection

So to that is, some laws need to be domesticated at the state level.

Source: VOA Standard English_Africa

That's why he decided to try kangaroos, which were never domesticated.

Source: Science in 60 Seconds - Scientific American April 2022 Collection

So researchers began studying other domesticated creatures.

Source: Science 60 Seconds - Scientific American September 2021 Collection

The women are responsible for the domesticated animals.

Source: Environment and Science

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