verb🔗ShareTo make domestic."My grandmother domesticated several unruly chickens to keep them from wandering around the neighborhood. "animalagricultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo make fit for domestic life."For centuries, humans have domesticated dogs to be loyal companions and helpful working animals. "animalagriculturebiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo adapt to live with humans."The Russian claims to have successfully domesticated foxes.""Dogs have clearly domesticated more than cats."animalbiologyagricultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
🔗ShareTo adapt to live with humans."The dog was domesticated over many generations, adapting to live comfortably in human homes. "animalbiologyagriculturenatureChat 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."The court order for child support was domesticated in the United States, making it legally binding here. "lawbusinessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo amend the elements of a text to fit local culture."The children's book, originally written for an American audience, was carefully domesticated by the publisher to remove references to specific holidays and cultural norms that would be unfamiliar to children in other countries. "culturelanguageliteratureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share(of an animal or a plant, especially a pet) selectively bred to live with or around humans."The family's pet cat is a domesticated animal, easily trained to use the litter box. "animalbiologyagriculturenatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
