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domesticated adjective 1. tame, broken (in), trained, pet, tamed, house-trained (Brit.), house-broken (U.S.) our domesticated animals and plants tame wild, savage, ferocious, unbroken, feral, untamed, undomesticated 2. home-loving, homely, domestic, housewifely, house-trained (jocular) I have never been very domesticated. Translations domesticated adj animal, species → domestiziert; person → häuslich domesticated [dəˈmɛstɪˌkeɪtɪd] adj (animal) → addomesticato/a; (person) → casalingo/a domesticated [dəˈmɛstɪˌkeɪtɪd] adj (animal) → addomesticato/a; (person) → casalingo/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The elephant, which its owner had reared, not for a beast of burden, but for warlike purposes, was half domesticated. At the commencement of my observations it seemed to me probable that a careful study of domesticated animals and of cultivated plants would offer the best chance of making out this obscure problem. Perry argues that wild dogs were first domesticated for hunting purposes; but I do not agree with him. |
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