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Selectively bred to live with or around humans. (of an animal or a plant, especially a pet)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
simple past and past participle of domesticate
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 3
accustomed to home life
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- some men think it unmanly to be domesticated; others find gratification in it
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
converted or adapted to domestic use
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- domestic animals
- domesticated plants like maize
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: domestic
Antonyms: none provided
Etymology tree English domesticate Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English domesticated From domesticate + -ed.
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
أَلِيف
(ʔalīf)
— selectively bred to live with or around humans
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Azerbaijani:
əhli
— selectively bred to live with or around humans
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Azerbaijani:
əhliləşmiş
— selectively bred to live with or around humans
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Catalan:
domesticat
— selectively bred to live with or around humans
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Chinese Mandarin:
家養的 /家养的
(jiāyǎng de)
— selectively bred to live with or around humans
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Chinese Mandarin:
馴化的 /驯化的
(xùnhuà de)
— selectively bred to live with or around humans
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Chinese Mandarin:
馴養的 /驯养的
(xùnyǎng de)
— selectively bred to live with or around humans
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Estonian:
kodustatud
— selectively bred to live with or around humans
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Finnish:
koti-
— selectively bred to live with or around humans
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Finnish:
kesy
— selectively bred to live with or around humans
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Finnish:
kesytetty
— selectively bred to live with or around humans
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French:
domestiqué
— selectively bred to live with or around humans
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Galician:
domesticado
— selectively bred to live with or around humans
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Greek:
εξημερωμένος
(eximeroménos)
— selectively bred to live with or around humans
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Hungarian:
háziasított
— selectively bred to live with or around humans
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Hungarian:
domesztikált
— selectively bred to live with or around humans
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Ido:
domestika
— selectively bred to live with or around humans
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Malayalam:
വളർത്ത്
(vaḷaṟttŭ)
— selectively bred to live with or around humans
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Mongolian:
тэжээвэр
(težeever)
— selectively bred to live with or around humans
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Navajo:
bílaʼashdlaʼii bi-
— selectively bred to live with or around humans
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Polish:
udomowiony
— selectively bred to live with or around humans
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Portuguese:
domesticado
— selectively bred to live with or around humans
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Quechua:
uywa
— selectively bred to live with or around humans
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Russian:
ручно́й
(ručnój)
— selectively bred to live with or around humans
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Russian:
приручённый
(priručónnyj)
— selectively bred to live with or around humans
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Spanish:
amaestrado
— selectively bred to live with or around humans
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Spanish:
adiestrado
— selectively bred to live with or around humans
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Swedish:
tam
— selectively bred to live with or around humans
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Swedish:
domesticerad
— selectively bred to live with or around humans
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Tagalog:
amak
— selectively bred to live with or around humans
