DOMESTICIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does domesticize mean? 

• DOMESTICIZE (verb)
  The verb DOMESTICIZE has 1 sense:

1. overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable

  Familiarity information: DOMESTICIZE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOMESTICIZE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

domesticate; domesticise; domesticize; reclaim; tame

Context example:

reclaim falcons

Hypernyms (to "domesticize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Verb group:

domesticate; tame (make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans)

Domain category:

animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "domesticize"):

break; break in (make submissive, obedient, or useful)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody