domesticate

Evcilleştirmek, bir hayvan veya bitkiyi insanlarla yaşamak üzere ehlileştirmek

To tame and breed an animal or plant to live with or be useful to humans.

• Humans first domesticated wolves thousands of years ago.
• It took centuries to domesticate corn into the crop we know today.
• Some animals are easier to domesticate than others.
• Archaeological evidence suggests ancient societies began to domesticate grains around ten thousand years ago in the Fertile Crescent.
• Researchers are attempting to domesticate certain fish species to reduce pressure on declining wild populations.
• The ability to domesticate livestock transformed nomadic hunter-gatherer communities into settled agricultural civilizations.

Eş anlamlılar: tame, cultivate, train, civilize

Zıt anlamlılar: wild, feral

Birini ev hayatına ve ev işlerine alıştırmak

To make someone fond of and good at home life and household tasks (often humorous).

• Marriage has domesticated him—he even cooks now.
• She joked that college hadn't domesticated her son at all.
• Living alone finally domesticated me.

Eş anlamlılar: civilize, tame