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domesticate

🇬🇧 UK/də'mestɪkeɪt/🇺🇸 US/dәu'mestikeit/
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Definitions

v.

To tame a wild animal or cultivate a wild plant for human use; to adapt to home life.

驯养(动物);栽培(植物);使适应家庭生活

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
domhouse, rule, master
+
estconnector
+
icrelating to, having the nature of
+
ateto make, having
=domesticate

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Dogs were among the first animals to be domesticated.

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