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domesticate

 
Verb domesticate has 3 senses
  1. domesticate, cultivate, naturalize, naturalise, tame - adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"
    --1 is one way to adapt, accommodate
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame - overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"
    --2 is one way to change, alter, modify
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
  3. domesticate, 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"
    --3 is one way to adapt, accommodate
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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