domestication (redirected from Domestication of animals)

do·mes·ti·cate  (d-mst-kt)

tr.v. do·mes·ti·cat·ed, do·mes·ti·cat·ing, do·mes·ti·cates

1. To cause to feel comfortable at home; make domestic.

2. To adopt or make fit for domestic use or life.

3.

a. To train or adapt (an animal or plant) to live in a human environment and be of use to humans.

b. To introduce and accustom (an animal or plant) into another region; naturalize.

4. To bring down to the level of the ordinary person.

n. (-kt, -kt)

A plant or animal that has been adapted to live in a human environment.

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do·mesti·cation n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	domestication - adaptation to intimate association with human beings adaption, adaptation, adjustment - the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)
	2.	domestication - the attribute of having been domesticated tameness tractability, tractableness, flexibility - the trait of being easily persuaded
	3.	domestication - accommodation to domestic life; "her explorer husband resisted all her attempts at domestication" accommodation, adjustment, fitting - making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances

Translations

domestication [dəʊˌmestɪˈkeɪʃən] N → domesticación f

domestication [dəˌmɛstɪˈkeɪʃ^ən] n [animals] → domestication f

domestication

n (of wild animal, hum: of person) → Domestikation f, → Domestizierung f; the domestication of cats doesn’t take long → es dauert nicht lange, bis man Katzen stubenrein gemacht hat