单词	domesticated
释义	domesticated adjective do·​mes·​ti·​cat·​ed də-ˈme-sti-ˌkā-təd  1 : adapted over time (as by selective breeding) from a wild or natural state to life in close association with and to the benefit of humans The Incas used one of the first domesticated animals, the llama, to carry goods. Carolyn Gard Because both wildlife and domesticated pets can be unpredictable, instruct your child to first inform you or another adult if she finds a sick or injured animal. Arliss Ryan Scientists expressed concern that the foreign genes could act to reduce genetic diversity in the country's native corn varieties and in the wild progenitor of domesticated corn, known as teosinte. Carol Kaesuk Yoon While the seeds of wild wheat readily fall off the plant and scatter, a change in two genes meant that in domesticated wheat, the seeds remained attached to the stalk; it is this trait that enabled humans to harvest wheat. Assaf Distelfeld 2 : made fit for domestic life : adapted to life in a household After 30 years of marriage, I have documented here many times that I am a thoroughly domesticated creature. Dave Simpson 3 : brought to the level of ordinary people (as by being expressed in understandable terms) Darwin wrote like a Victorian, a rich, romantic, yet domesticated prose, refusing technical obscurity for directness, clarity and precision in his representation of the natural world. George Levine Synonyms domestic tame tamed See all Synonyms & Antonyms Word History First Known Use 1639, in the meaning defined at sense 3 domesticated 1 of 2 adjective as in tamed changed from the wild state so as to become useful and obedient to humans the domesticated horses are kept in a corral Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance tamed tame domestic trained docile subdued broken submissive housebroken gentle semidomesticated familiar halterbroken Antonyms & Near Antonyms wild feral savage undomesticated untamed untrained unbroken wildish See More domesticated 2 of 2 verb past tense of domesticate as in cultivated to change (a wild animal or plant) over time to make it more suited to life with or use by humans Humans domesticated wolves to produce man's best friend. Synonyms & Similar Words cultivated trained bred used propagated habituated utilized produced accustomed adopted naturalized conditioned adapted nurtured grew acclimated shaped raised cultured mastered adjusted acclimatized fashioned fostered conformed suited promoted planted reared edited borrowed cropped tailored accommodated subjugated subdued doctored brought up dressed dominated habilitated conquered fit fitted put usurped pacified vanquished subordinated transformed appropriated converted modified overpowered altered subjected sowed remodeled recycled embraced reclaimed reinvented revised reworked took over remade redesigned arrogated reengineered refocused espoused recast made over refashioned took up took on revamped rejiggered refigured refitted redeveloped redid
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