domesticate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
domesticate oats
Types & categories
- adapt hypernym
Related & opposite
- naturalization derivation
- naturalization derivation
- plant life domain topic
Sense 2 verb
overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable
He tames lions for the circus
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- tamer derivation
- tamable derivation
- animal domain topic
- domesticate verb group
Sense 3 verb
make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans
The horse was domesticated a long time ago
Types & categories
- adapt hypernym
Related & opposite
- animal domain topic
- domesticize verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | naturalization |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | naturalization |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | plant life |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | adapt |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tamer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tamable |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | animal |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | domesticate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | break in |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | animal |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | domesticize |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | adapt |