| domesticate | (v) adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment, Syn. tame, cultivate, naturalise, naturalize, Example: domesticate oats; tame the soil |
| domesticate | (v) overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable, Syn. domesticize, domesticise, tame, reclaim, Example: He tames lions for the circus; reclaim falcons |
| domesticate | (v) make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans, Syn. tame, Example: The horse was domesticated a long time ago; The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog |
| domestication | (n) adaptation to intimate association with human beings |
| domestication | (n) accommodation to domestic life, Example: her explorer husband resisted all her attempts at domestication |
| undomesticated | (adj) not domesticated, Example: a few undomesticated horses left |
| undomesticated | (adj) unaccustomed to home life, Example: after years of marriage he remained essentially undomesticated |
| domestic | (adj) converted or adapted to domestic use, Syn. domesticated, Example: domestic animals; domesticated plants like maize |
| domestic animal | (n) any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment, Syn. domesticated animal |
| domestic silkworm moth | (n) stocky creamy-white Asiatic moth found almost entirely under human care; the source of most of the silk commerce, Syn. domesticated silkworm moth, Bombyx mori |
| tameness | (n) the attribute of having been domesticated, Syn. domestication, Ant. wildness |
| Domesticate | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Domesticated; p. pr. & vb. n. Domesticating. ] [ LL. domesticatus, p. p. of domesticare to reside in, to tame. See Domestic, a. ] 1. To make domestic; to habituate to home life; as, to domesticate one's self. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To cause to be, as it were, of one's family or country; as, to domesticate a foreign custom or word. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. To tame or reclaim from a wild state; as, to domesticate wild animals; to domesticate a plant. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| domesticated | adj. 1. tame, tamed; -- of animals. Opposite of wild.
Syn. -- domestic. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ] 2. accustomed to home life; as, some men think it unmanly to be domesticated; others find gratification in it. [ WordNet 1.5 ] 3. acclimated to a new environment; -- of plants or animals.
Syn. -- naturalized, nonnative. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
| Domestication | n. [ Cf. F. domestication. ] The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Domesticator | n. One who domesticates. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Undomesticate | v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + domesticate. ] To make wild or roving. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| 畜 | [chù, ㄔㄨˋ, 畜] livestock; domesticated animal; domestic animal #7,420 [Add to Longdo] |
| 野生 | [yě shēng, ㄧㄝˇ ㄕㄥ, 野 生] wild; undomesticated #9,176 [Add to Longdo] |
| 牲畜 | [shēng chù, ㄕㄥ ㄔㄨˋ, 牲 畜] domesticated animals; livestock #15,713 [Add to Longdo] |
| 畜产品 | [xù chǎn pǐn, ㄒㄩˋ ㄔㄢˇ ㄆㄧㄣˇ, 畜 产 品 / 畜 產 品] domesticated animal products #28,632 [Add to Longdo] |
| 驯化 | [xùn huà, ㄒㄩㄣˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ, 驯 化 / 馴 化] to tame; to domesticate #42,022 [Add to Longdo] |
| 驯养 | [xùn yǎng, ㄒㄩㄣˋ ㄧㄤˇ, 驯 养 / 馴 養] to domesticate; to raise and train #42,618 [Add to Longdo] |
| 猪;豬;豕 | [い, i] (n) (arch) hog (esp. a wild boar, but also including the domesticated pig) #10,616 [Add to Longdo] |
| 家蚕 | [かさん, kasan] (n) (See 野蚕) domesticated silkworm [Add to Longdo] |
| 家畜化 | [かちくか, kachikuka] (n, vs) domestication [Add to Longdo] |
| 家猫 | [いえねこ;イエネコ, ieneko ; ieneko] (n) domesticated cat [Add to Longdo] |
| 慣れる(P);馴れる;狎れる | [なれる, nareru] (v1, vi) (1) to grow accustomed (to); to get too familiar with; to get used (to); (2) to become domesticated; to become tame; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 飼いならす;飼い慣らす;飼い馴らす | [かいならす, kainarasu] (v5s, vt) to tame (e.g. animal); to domesticate [Add to Longdo] |
| 馴らす | [ならす, narasu] (v5s, vt) to domesticate; to tame [Add to Longdo] |
| 馴れた | [なれた, nareta] (adj-f) domesticated; tame [Add to Longdo] |
| 馴染ませる | [なじませる, najimaseru] (v1) (1) (uk) (See 馴染む) to blend; to mix thoroughly and evenly; (2) to make fit in; to domesticate [Add to Longdo] |
