Domesticated

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Domesticate \Do*mes"ti*cate\, 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.


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     2. To cause to be, as it were, of one's family or country;
        as, to domesticate a foreign custom or word.
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     3. To tame or reclaim from a wild state; as, to domesticate
        wild animals; to domesticate a plant.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  domesticated \domesticated\ adj.
     1. tame, tamed; -- of animals. Opposite of {wild}.
  
     Syn: domestic.
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     2. accustomed to home life; as, some men think it unmanly to
        be domesticated; others find gratification in it.
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     3. acclimated to a new environment; -- of plants or animals.
  
     Syn: naturalized, nonnative.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  domesticated
       adj 1: converted or adapted to domestic use; "domestic animals";
              "domesticated plants like maize" [syn: {domestic}]
       2: accustomed to home life; "some men think it unmanly to be
          domesticated; others find gratification in it"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "domesticated":
     broken, brought low, chastened, crushed, domestic, dovelike,
     gentle, housebroke, housebroken, humble, humbled, humiliated,
     lamblike, made to grovel, meek, mild, pacific, peaceable, quelled,
     quiet, reduced, subdued, submissive, tame, tamed