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/ˈdɒm.ə.stɪ.keɪt/ · dom·es·ti·cate
noun
- An animal or plant that has been domesticated. The garden was full of domesticates, from tomatoes to chickens.
verb
- To make domestic; to adapt an animal or plant to live with humans. Researchers have managed to domesticate the wild foxes for study.
- To make fit for domestic life; to tame. She domesticated the stray cat, teaching it to live indoors.
Did you know? The famous Russian silver‑fox experiment, started in 1959, showed that selective breeding could produce foxes with dog‑like behavior, providing a landmark example of animal domestication.