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DOMESTICIZE

• DOMESTICIZE (verb)
The verb DOMESTICIZE has 1 sense:

1. overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable

Familiarity information: DOMESTICIZE used as a verb is very rare.

• DOMESTICIZE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

domesticise; domesticize; domesticate; tame; reclaim

Context examples:

He tames lions for the circus / reclaim falcons

Hypernyms (to "domesticize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

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

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