Domesticate
verb
To make wild animals or plants accustomed to humans, often to be used as pets or for farming.
Ancient humans managed to domesticate the wild wolf into the modern dogs we have today.
Often appears as...
- domesticate animals
- domesticate plants
verb
To make someone behave in a way that is acceptable in society.
He had a wild youth, but marriage and a steady job seemed to domesticate him.
Often appears as...
- domesticate someone
- domesticate behavior
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Disapproving
Colloquial
verb
To make wild animals or plants accustomed to humans, often to be used as pets or for farming.
Ancient humans managed to domesticate the wild wolf into the modern dogs we have today.
Often appears as...
- domesticate animals
- domesticate plants
verb
To make someone behave in a way that is acceptable in society.
He had a wild youth, but marriage and a steady job seemed to domesticate him.
Often appears as...
- domesticate someone
- domesticate behavior
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Aspect
Understand the historical context - 'domesticate' often relates to ancient practices crucial for human development.
Domesticating crops was essential for ancient settlements to thrive.
Pro Tip 2/3Gradual Process
'Domesticate' involves a slow process of adaptation by animals or plants to live with humans.
It took centuries to domesticate horses for transportation.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Pets
While pets are domesticated, many others are for work, like farm animals or plants for food.
Rice was domesticated for its high nutritional value.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Aspect
Understand the historical context - 'domesticate' often relates to ancient practices crucial for human development.
Domesticating crops was essential for ancient settlements to thrive.
Pro Tip 2/3Gradual Process
'Domesticate' involves a slow process of adaptation by animals or plants to live with humans.
It took centuries to domesticate horses for transportation.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Pets
While pets are domesticated, many others are for work, like farm animals or plants for food.
Rice was domesticated for its high nutritional value.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Aspect
Understand the historical context - 'domesticate' often relates to ancient practices crucial for human development.
Domesticating crops was essential for ancient settlements to thrive.
Pro Tip 2/3Gradual Process
'Domesticate' involves a slow process of adaptation by animals or plants to live with humans.
It took centuries to domesticate horses for transportation.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Pets
While pets are domesticated, many others are for work, like farm animals or plants for food.
Rice was domesticated for its high nutritional value.
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Sean Sherman: Why aren't...
which a lot of families were utilizing, or in the deserts where all the plants look like they want to hurt you or maim you. The Indigenous peoples knew how to live with them. And another piece like the domesticated piece, with all the agriculture, it's really important, because we think of this as agriculture but we know how damaging this is.
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Discovering Wildlife in...
These foxes have actually started to change. Their noses are getting a bit shorter to adapt to their more urban lifestyles of scavenging. And that's not all. Their skulls are actually changing shape in a way that could mean their brains are getting smaller. This is similar to the changes dogs went through when they became domesticated.
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The history of the world...
or cooperative companions of any kind. But cats have been working alongside humans for thousands of years - helping us just as often as we help them. So how did these solitary creatures go from wild predator to naval officer to sofa sidekick? The domestication of the modern house cat
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Why Do Dogs Bark? PIPE...
domesticated dogs we bred out some of the wild behaviors and this process accidentally led to new characteristics colored coats curly tails and floppy ears add a few thousand years of breeding from the dogs we love the most and you have the huge variety that we see today
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A brief history of dogs...
and warn of approaching enemies. Their similar social structure made it easy to integrate with human families and learn to understand their commands. Eventually they moved from the fringes of our communities into our homes, becoming humanity’s first domesticated animal.
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National Geographic...
That's how famous he was. It's true. It's true. So our relationship with animals is constantly evolving. It... It's a really fascinating thing to me, and probably the single most important part of this is domestication, right. Millions of animals on the planet, right.
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Genetics 101 PIPE National...
The expression of traits and how they are passed from generation to generation. For thousands of years, humans have observed this inheritance of traits and implemented their knowledge to breed and domesticate plants and animals. However, the science behind inheritance
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Dan Dennett: Responding...
Back to the cow. This picture, which I pulled off the web -- the fellow on the left is really an important part of this picture. That's the steward. Cows couldn't live without human stewards -- they're domesticated. They're a sort of ectosymbiont.
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How mucus keeps us...
it's really helping you stay healthy. Sure, it might seem gross, but can you think of any other substance that can lubricate, keep your body clean, fight infection, and domesticate a teeming bacterial population?
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Building smart cities PIPE...
obsolescence so you have a city this is Rotterdam a heavy port part port city and one part that is not no longer necessary for the port and it becomes a very domesticated lovely almost suburban
Video examples
Sean Sherman: Why aren't...
which a lot of families were utilizing, or in the deserts where all the plants look like they want to hurt you or maim you. The Indigenous peoples knew how to live with them. And another piece like the domesticated piece, with all the agriculture, it's really important, because we think of this as agriculture but we know how damaging this is.
Video examples
Discovering Wildlife in...
These foxes have actually started to change. Their noses are getting a bit shorter to adapt to their more urban lifestyles of scavenging. And that's not all. Their skulls are actually changing shape in a way that could mean their brains are getting smaller. This is similar to the changes dogs went through when they became domesticated.
Video examples
The history of the world...
or cooperative companions of any kind. But cats have been working alongside humans for thousands of years - helping us just as often as we help them. So how did these solitary creatures go from wild predator to naval officer to sofa sidekick? The domestication of the modern house cat
Video examples
Why Do Dogs Bark? PIPE...
domesticated dogs we bred out some of the wild behaviors and this process accidentally led to new characteristics colored coats curly tails and floppy ears add a few thousand years of breeding from the dogs we love the most and you have the huge variety that we see today
Video examples
A brief history of dogs...
and warn of approaching enemies. Their similar social structure made it easy to integrate with human families and learn to understand their commands. Eventually they moved from the fringes of our communities into our homes, becoming humanity’s first domesticated animal.
Video examples
National Geographic...
That's how famous he was. It's true. It's true. So our relationship with animals is constantly evolving. It... It's a really fascinating thing to me, and probably the single most important part of this is domestication, right. Millions of animals on the planet, right.
Video examples
Genetics 101 PIPE National...
The expression of traits and how they are passed from generation to generation. For thousands of years, humans have observed this inheritance of traits and implemented their knowledge to breed and domesticate plants and animals. However, the science behind inheritance
Video examples
Dan Dennett: Responding...
Back to the cow. This picture, which I pulled off the web -- the fellow on the left is really an important part of this picture. That's the steward. Cows couldn't live without human stewards -- they're domesticated. They're a sort of ectosymbiont.
Video examples
How mucus keeps us...
it's really helping you stay healthy. Sure, it might seem gross, but can you think of any other substance that can lubricate, keep your body clean, fight infection, and domesticate a teeming bacterial population?
Video examples
Building smart cities PIPE...
obsolescence so you have a city this is Rotterdam a heavy port part port city and one part that is not no longer necessary for the port and it becomes a very domesticated lovely almost suburban
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Hari Kunzru
British Novelist
There are things about our world that almost by their nature defy our ability to comprehend them. Some people use a religious register to deal with that - they call it God and that's a way of domesticating it.
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Elton Gallegly
American Politician
It's been argued that of all the animals humans have domesticated, the horse is the most important to our history. For thousands of years, horses were our most reliable mode of transportation.
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Jared Diamond
American Author
Eurasia ended up with the most domesticated animal species in part because it's the world's largest land mass and offered the most wild species to begin with.
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Sue Hubbell
American Author
Fiddling with the genetic identities of domesticated plants and animals ever since we had become human. We are the fiddlingest animal the world has ever seen.
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Cary Fowler
American Businessman
In the game of life, less diversity means fewer options for change. Wild or domesticated, panda or pea, adaptation is the requirement for survival.
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J. M. Coetzee
South African Author
The most important of all rights is the right to life, and I cannot foresee a day when domesticated animals will be granted that right in law.
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Sable
I am very domesticated. Some of my favorite things in life are being a mother and a wife. That's where I get the most enjoyment from.
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Ralph Fiennes
British Actor
I'm not very good at being domesticated. I've tried. The domestic life I find claustrophobic - the rituals and habits and patterns.
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Anne Reid
English Actress
I'm afraid sometimes I cram too much into my schedule. And I'm not very domesticated. I'm absolutely hopeless in the kitchen.
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Ben Whishaw
English Actor
I reckon domesticated cats have a pretty good life.
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Hari Kunzru
British Novelist
There are things about our world that almost by their nature defy our ability to comprehend them. Some people use a religious register to deal with that - they call it God and that's a way of domesticating it.
Quote examples
Elton Gallegly
American Politician
It's been argued that of all the animals humans have domesticated, the horse is the most important to our history. For thousands of years, horses were our most reliable mode of transportation.
Quote examples
Jared Diamond
American Author
Eurasia ended up with the most domesticated animal species in part because it's the world's largest land mass and offered the most wild species to begin with.
Quote examples
Sue Hubbell
American Author
Fiddling with the genetic identities of domesticated plants and animals ever since we had become human. We are the fiddlingest animal the world has ever seen.
Quote examples
Cary Fowler
American Businessman
In the game of life, less diversity means fewer options for change. Wild or domesticated, panda or pea, adaptation is the requirement for survival.
Quote examples
J. M. Coetzee
South African Author
The most important of all rights is the right to life, and I cannot foresee a day when domesticated animals will be granted that right in law.
Quote examples
Sable
I am very domesticated. Some of my favorite things in life are being a mother and a wife. That's where I get the most enjoyment from.
Quote examples
Ralph Fiennes
British Actor
I'm not very good at being domesticated. I've tried. The domestic life I find claustrophobic - the rituals and habits and patterns.
Quote examples
Anne Reid
English Actress
I'm afraid sometimes I cram too much into my schedule. And I'm not very domesticated. I'm absolutely hopeless in the kitchen.
Quote examples
Ben Whishaw
English Actor
I reckon domesticated cats have a pretty good life.
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