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单词 domesticate
释义 Verb: domesticate  du'mestu`keyt
  1. Adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
    "domesticate oats"
    - cultivate, naturalize, naturalise [Brit], tame 
  2. Overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable
    - domesticize, domesticise [Brit], reclaim, tame 
  3. Make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans
    "The horse was domesticated a long time ago"
    - tame

Derived forms: domesticating, domesticates, domesticated

Type of: accommodate, adapt, alter, change, modify

Encyclopedia: Domesticate

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