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domesticated

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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.

do·mesti·cation n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.domesticated - converted or adapted to domestic use; "domestic animals"; "domesticated plants like maize"
tamed, tame - brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries"
2.domesticated - accustomed to home life; "some men think it unmanly to be domesticated; others find gratification in it"
domestic - of or involving the home or family; "domestic worries"; "domestic happiness"; "they share the domestic chores"; "everything sounded very peaceful and domestic"; "an author of blood-and-thunder novels yet quite domestic in his taste"

domesticated
adjective 1. tame, broken (in), tamed << OPPOSITE wild
adjective 2. home-loving, homely, domestic, housewifely, house-trained (jocular)
Translations
domesticated [dəˈmɛstɪkeɪtɪd] adjdomesticado; [person] (= home-loving); casero, hogareño
domesticated [dəˈmɛstɪkeɪtɪd] adjdomestiqué(e);
(pej) → d'intérieur;
he's very domesticated → il participe volontiers aux tâches ménagères; question ménage, il est très organisé
domesticated [dəˈmɛstɪkeɪtɪd] domestic adj (animal) → zahm;
(person) → häuslich
domesticated [dəˈmɛstɪkeɪtɪd] adjaddomesticato/a; [person] → casalingo/a


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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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