DOMESTICATED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does domesticated mean? 

• DOMESTICATED (adjective)
  The adjective DOMESTICATED has 2 senses:

1. converted or adapted to domestic use

2. accustomed to home life

  Familiarity information: DOMESTICATED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOMESTICATED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Converted or adapted to domestic use

Synonyms:

domestic; domesticated

Context example:

domesticated plants like maize

Similar:

tame; tamed (brought from wildness into a domesticated state)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Accustomed to home life

Context example:

some men think it unmanly to be domesticated; others find gratification in it

Similar:

domestic (of or involving the home or family)

 Context examples 

In the Northland, the only domesticated animal was the dog.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

As humans domesticated watermelons over the past 4,000 years, they selected fruits that were red, sweet and less bitter, said Zhangjun Fei of the Boyce Thompson Institute and co-leader of the effort.

(Harvesting genes to improve watermelons, National Science Foundation)

These animals are domesticated or taught to cooperate by their owners.

(How humans and wild Honeyguide birds call each other to help, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

If the birds had been domesticated or even heavily farmed, they reasoned, the Egyptian specimens would have shown only a little genetic diversity.

(Ancient Egyptians collected wild ibis birds for sacrifice, says study, Wikinews)

The transition to fungus agriculture increased the range of possible habitats for both the fungus-growing termites and their domesticated fungi.

(Researchers discover oldest evidence of 'farming' by insects, NSF)

Domesticated bovine animals usually kept on a farm or ranch and used for the production of meat or dairy products or for heavy labor.

(Cow, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Domesticated ungulates that are raised for beef, dairy products, and leather, and used for labor.

(Cow, NCI Thesaurus)

The domesticated generations fell from him.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Rice was domesticated from wild species that grew in tropical regions, where it adapted to endure monsoons and waterlogging.

(Grains in the rain, National Science Foundation)

The researchers selected for those microbial taxa that best survived on the plants, then showed that these "domesticated" microbial communities can fend off random microbes that land on the plants.

(How do you cultivate a healthy plant microbiome?, National Science Foundation)