Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective tame, tamed; -- of animals. Opposite of
wild . - adjective accustomed to home life.
- adjective acclimated to a new environment; -- of plants or animals.
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- adjective of an animal
Tame ,naturalized . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
domesticate .
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- adjective converted or adapted to domestic use
- adjective accustomed to home life
Etymologies
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Examples
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The range bulls we could still sell at the usual clip of one every 30 seconds but nearly every time a fitted bull, what you call domesticated, came into the ring he immediately turned around and tried to exit through the in gate which was now closed.
CattleNetwork 2009
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Funny thing, these combinations for whole proteins were domesticated from the same regions of the world.
Food Combos More Nutritious Together Than Separate | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Any animal, once domesticated, is subject to being made to wear stupid costumes.
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I visited Alaska this summer and there, at least, “reindeer” is what they call the domesticated version of caribou.
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However, the lack of the original wild form in a species that has become domesticated or at least semi-domesticated is not unprecedented nor unusual: Dromedaries Camelus dromedarius, for example, only exist in the wild today in feral form, and are otherwise entirely domesticated, and the wild ancestors of modern domestic horses and cattle are entirely extinct.
Archive 2006-10-01 Darren Naish 2006
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However, the lack of the original wild form in a species that has become domesticated or at least semi-domesticated is not unprecedented nor unusual: Dromedaries Camelus dromedarius, for example, only exist in the wild today in feral form, and are otherwise entirely domesticated, and the wild ancestors of modern domestic horses and cattle are entirely extinct.
Controversial origins of the domestic dog Darren Naish 2006
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In a similar vein, I had read somewhere that certain domesticated varieties of chicken (the Asiatic class, to be precise) had an ancestor that wasn't Gallus gallus.
Controversial origins of the domestic dog Darren Naish 2006
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Drained of its political significance, the exotic is to be dismantled and reassembled in domesticated form.
Colonial Correspondence: The Letters of George Bogle from Bengal, Bhutan and Tibet, 1770-81 2000
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Plus, the idea of domesticated pygmy tigers intrigues me…
Cats or Cheese: A Reader Participation Entry « Whatever 2007
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Plus, the idea of domesticated pygmy tigers intrigues me…
Cats or Cheese: A Reader Participation Entry « Whatever 2007
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