What does domesticate mean?
Domesticate means (transitive) To make domestic..
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/dəˈmɛ.stɪ.keɪt/ · verb
(transitive) To make domestic..
"To answer your question, Tai's fine. She mostly just smokes socially these days." "You're domesticating her!" "We're domesticating each other. The other day I found myself reading a home decorating blog."
The Russians claim to have successfully domesticated foxes.
Dogs have clearly domesticated more than cats.
Use domesticate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Domesticate means (transitive) To make domestic..
Common synonyms include cultivate, naturalize, domesticize.
Possible antonyms include foreignize.
"To answer your question, Tai's fine. She mostly just smokes socially these days." "You're domesticating her!" "We're domesticating each other. The other day I found myself reading a home decorating blog."
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