Upper-Intermediate 📚 Vocabulary · #910 of 1319

domesticate (v.)

to tame

Examples

  • Humans domesticated dogs.

Key rules

  • Domesticate means tame an animal for living with humans
  • Domesticate animals, domesticate wild horses
  • Domestication is the noun

Common mistakes

  • Humans domesticates dogs → Humans domesticated dogs
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