Textual thesaurus for "domesticate"

(verb) tame

make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans

The horse was domesticated a long time ago; The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog

(verb) domesticise, domesticize, tame, reclaim

overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable

He tames lions for the circus; reclaim falcons

(verb) cultivate, tame, naturalise, naturalize

adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment

domesticate oats; tame the soil