domesticate

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verb

1. adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
- domesticate oats
- tame the soil
• Syn:
cultivate, naturalize, naturalise, tame
• Derivationally related forms:
naturalisation (for: naturalise), naturalization (for: naturalize)
• Topics:
plant, flora, plant life
• Hypernyms:
adapt, accommodate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. overcome the wildness of;
make docile and tractable
- He tames lions for the circus
- reclaim falcons
• Syn:
domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame
• Derivationally related forms:
tameable (for: tame), tamable (for: tame), tamer (for: tame)
• Topics:
animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Hyponyms:
break in, break
• Verb Group:
tame
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
3. make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans
- The horse was domesticated a long time ago
- The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog
• Syn:
tame
• Topics:
animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
• Hypernyms:
adapt, accommodate
• Verb Group:
domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  tame, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, cultivate, naturalize, naturalise