domesticise

Thân thiện

A trainer domesticises a young lion in a large outdoor enclosure.

Definition

Verb: 1. To domesticate; to overcome the wildness of an animal and make it suitable for living with or being of use to humans. This involves a process of taming, training, and adapting an animal to a human environment, making it docile, tractable, and often dependent.

Usage and Examples

• The primary goal for early humans was to domesticise wild wolves, which eventually led to the dogs we know today.
• It can take generations to successfully domesticise a species for agricultural purposes.
• The process to domesticise the falcon involves careful training and bonding.

Advanced Usage and Notes

• The verb domesticise focuses on the and of bringing an animal under human control and integrating it into human society. It implies a change from a natural, wild state to a managed, useful one.
• It is often used in biological, anthropological, and historical contexts when discussing the origins of livestock and pets.
• While similar to "tame," domesticise often implies a longer-term, generational adaptation for breeding and utility, whereas "tame" can refer to an individual animal's behavior.

Variants and Related Words

• Domesticate (verb): The more common synonym for domesticise. (e.g., They learned to grains as well as animals.)
• Domestication (noun): The process or result of domesticising. (e.g., The of the horse revolutionized transport.)
• Tame (verb): To make an animal not afraid of people and willing to obey them; often used for individual animals rather than entire species.

Synonyms

• Domesticate
• Tame
• Break in
• Train
• Reclaim (specific to birds of prey, as in the reference context)

Antonyms

• Wild (adjective: in a wild state)
• To make wild / to rewild (conceptual opposite)
• Enrage
• Agitate

Học thuật

Verb

1. overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable
   • He tames lions for the circus
   • reclaim falcons

Từ đồng nghĩa

• domesticate
• domesticize
• reclaim
• tame