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DOMESTICIZE
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable
Example:
reclaim falcons
Synonyms:
domesticate; domesticise; domesticize; reclaim; tame
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "domesticize" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Verb group:
domesticate; tame (make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans)
Domain category:
animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "domesticize"):
break; break in (make submissive, obedient, or useful)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
