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How to use domesticate in a sentence

10 example sentences · verb, noun

Domesticate means to make domestic. Example: “The Russians claim to have successfully domesticated foxes.”

Examples of domesticate by meaning

verbTo make (more) fit for domestic life.

  • She mostly just smokes socially these days." "You're domesticating her!" "We're domesticating each other.2020, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content (webcomic), 4263: Peer Decompression

verbTo adapt to live with humans.

  • The Russians claim to have successfully domesticated foxes.

verbTo adapt to live with humans.

  • Dogs have clearly domesticated more than cats.

More sentences with domesticate

  • China has succeeded in domesticating musk deer and obtaining the musk while the animal is alive.[1972 August 17 [1972 August 6], “Musk Production”, in Daily Report People's Republic of China, volume I, number 161, Foreign Broadcast…. From the entry Zhenping
  • Why on earth did Dog domesticate the man?1948, The Arizona quarterly, University of Arizona. From the entry dogkind
  • As they began to settle down with agriculture ie domesticating plants, they also learned to domesticate animals, such as Meitei hui (dog) from wild wolves.2023 June 25, "THERE WILL ALWAYS BE AN INTACT MANIPUR : MANIPUR A CRADLE OF MEITEI CIVILISATION", archived from the original on 25 Jun…. From the entry Meitei Hui
  • One of the most modified domesticates is the sheep, the various breeds of which bear little resemblance to its wild ancestor, the mouflon.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 237. From the entry mouflon
  • It was here that the problems of domesticating and breeding the black fox were solved , and the development has attracted world-wide attention.2008, Kirsch, Sharon, 1960-, What species of creatures : animal relations from the New World, Vancouver: New Star Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC. From the entry black fox
  • Xenomorphosis occurs when the empirical elements of projected sound and image conspire to negate and destroy, through the retina, neuro-pathways designed to domesticate and tranquilize.1997, Millennium Film Journal, numbers 30-36, page 52. From the entry xenomorphosis
  • Not the pale domesticates of the perennial border, the weak sauce of lavender or sky blue, but full-on royal purple that would make a violet shrink.2013, Robin Wall Kimmerer, “Planting Sweetgrass”, in Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of…. From the entry weaksauce

Meaning of domesticate

  1. verb To make domestic.
  2. verb To make (more) fit for domestic life.
  3. verb To adapt to live with humans.

Full definition of domesticate

Questions about domesticate in a sentence

How do you use domesticate in a sentence?
Domesticate is used as a verb and noun. For example: “The Russians claim to have successfully domesticated foxes.”
What is a short sentence with domesticate?
“Dogs have clearly domesticated more than cats.”
What does domesticate mean?
Domesticate means to make domestic.

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