ALL meanings of domestication
do·mes·ti·cate
D d - verb with object domestication to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame. 1
- verb with object domestication to tame (an animal), especially by generations of breeding, to live in close association with human beings as a pet or work animal and usually creating a dependency so that the animal loses its ability to live in the wild. 1
- verb with object domestication to adapt (a plant) so as to be cultivated by and beneficial to human beings. 1
- verb with object domestication to accustom to household life or affairs. 1
- verb with object domestication to take (something foreign, unfamiliar, etc.) for one's own use or purposes; adopt. 1
- verb with object domestication to make more ordinary, familiar, acceptable, or the like: to domesticate radical ideas. 1
- verb without object domestication to be domestic. 1
- noun domestication The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals or breeding plants. 1
- noun domestication The act of domesticating, or making a legal instrument recognized and enforceable in a jurisdiction foreign to the one in which the instrument was originally issued or created. 0