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DOMESTICATED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Accustomed to home life
Example:
some men think it unmanly to be domesticated; others find gratification in it
Classified under:
Similar:
domestic (of or involving the home or family)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Converted or adapted to domestic use
Example:
domesticated plants like maize
Synonyms:
domestic; domesticated
Classified under:
Similar:
tame; tamed (brought from wildness into a domesticated state)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb domesticate
Context examples:
The domesticated ungulates, Bos primigenius taurus and Bos primigenius indicus.
(Cow, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
The most common species is Cavia porcellus which is the domesticated guinea pig used for pets and biomedical research.
(Guinea Pig, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
The domesticated guinea pig, Cavia porcellus.
(Guinea Pig, NCI Thesaurus)
Perhaps you are not so much aware as I am of the mischief that may, of the unpleasantness that must arise from a young man's being received in this manner: domesticated among us; authorised to come at all hours, and placed suddenly on a footing which must do away all restraints.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Any of various hollow-horned, bearded ruminant mammals of the genus Capra, originally of mountainous areas of the Old World, especially any of the domesticated forms of C. hircus, raised for wool, milk, and meat.
(Goat, NCI Thesaurus)
“Though harrowing to myself to mention, the alienation of Mr. Micawber (formerly so domesticated) from his wife and family, is the cause of my addressing my unhappy appeal to Mr. Traddles, and soliciting his best indulgence. Mr. T. can form no adequate idea of the change in Mr. Micawber's conduct, of his wildness, of his violence. It has gradually augmented, until it assumes the appearance of aberration of intellect. Scarcely a day passes, I assure Mr. Traddles, on which some paroxysm does not take place. Mr. T. will not require me to depict my feelings, when I inform him that I have become accustomed to hear Mr. Micawber assert that he has sold himself to the D. Mystery and secrecy have long been his principal characteristic, have long replaced unlimited confidence. The slightest provocation, even being asked if there is anything he would prefer for dinner, causes him to express a wish for a separation. Last night, on being childishly solicited for twopence, to buy “lemon-stunners”—a local sweetmeat—he presented an oyster-knife at the twins!
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
But they had been domesticated for generations.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
"Comparative genomics research is allowing us to find, recover and use those valuable traits to improve and protect our domesticated varieties."
(Harvesting genes to improve watermelons, National Science Foundation)
It's a process similar to what happened tens of millions of years later with humans and domesticated crops and livestock.
(Researchers discover oldest evidence of 'farming' by insects, NSF)
So he became the enemy of his kind, domesticated wolves that they were, softened by the fires of man, weakened in the sheltering shadow of man's strength.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
