domesticated

4 definitions found

domesticated - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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  domesticated \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.
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     3. acclimated to a new environment; -- of plants or animals.
  
     Syn: naturalized, nonnative.
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domesticated - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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

domesticated - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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