noun🔗ShareAn animal or plant that has been domesticated."The domesticated cat purred contentedly on my lap. "animalplantagriculturebiologynaturetoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo make domestic."My grandmother domesticated a wild bird, caring for it until it was used to human presence. "animalagriculturebiologytoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo make fit for domestic life."Farmers were able to domesticate wild wolves over time, breeding them into the dogs we know today. "animalagriculturebiologytoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo adapt to live with humans."Dogs have clearly domesticated more than cats.""The Russian claims to have successfully domesticated foxes."animalagriculturebiologynatureenvironmenttoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
🔗ShareTo adapt to live with humans."My grandmother domesticated several cats over the years, caring for them as part of the family. "animalbiologyagriculturetoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo make a legal instrument recognized and enforceable in a jurisdiction foreign to the one in which the instrument was originally issued or created."To conduct business in the new state, the company needed to domesticate its original charter from Delaware in California. "lawbusinesstoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo amend the elements of a text to fit local culture."To make the children's story more appealing to American children, the publisher decided to domesticate the British slang terms and cultural references. "culturelanguageliteraturetoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
