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domesticated /dəˈmɛstɪkeɪtɪd /adjective1(Of an animal) tame and kept as a pet or on a farm: domesticated dogs...- Sheep are thought to be the first domesticated livestock.
- In general, the faunal remains seem to suggest increasing use of domesticated animals over time.
- Surely, a puppy is neither tame nor domesticated.
1.1(Of a plant) cultivated for food; naturalized: domesticated crops...- Thus, the Himalayas can be considered a region of domesticated barley diversification.
- These changes were sufficient to add the bean to the list of domesticated plants.
- These highly domesticated blossoms carry overtones of the convivial rituals of patrician social life.
1.2 humorous (Especially of a man) fond of home life and housework: he is thoroughly domesticated...- In fact, you in the UK are the most domesticated people on earth.
- True, Harvey is allowed to be a bit flirty, but essentially Harvey is presented as a very domesticated Mary.
- You combine dual aspects by being ambitious professionally and domesticated in the home and family situations.
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