Thesaurus results for DOMESTICATE

domesticate

verb

as in to cultivate

to change (a wild animal or plant) over time to make it more suited to life with or use by humans Humans domesticated wolves to produce man's best friend.

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Recent Examples of domesticate Rabbits were first domesticated so monks could eat their fetuses. —

Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026 Were dogs the first animals domesticated by humans? —

Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026 Appreciative of these qualities, humans have domesticated Cucumis sativus and traded it throughout the world, with the fruit’s coolness becoming another, if metaphorical, tendril. —

Andrés Muedano, JSTOR Daily, 25 Mar. 2026 The lives of the creatures, domesticated and not, are recounted in the narrator’s report that is the novel. —

Literary Hub, 24 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for domesticate

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Picking a pineapple in Upcountry In the 1960s, Hawaii produced 80 percent of the world’s pineapple—the fruit was synonymous with the state—and on the slopes of Haleakala, Maui Gold Pineapple was queen, cultivating 10,000 acres of the sweetest fruit around.

— Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 14 May 2026
Today, Fingerboard cultivates hemp, a type of cannabis that, unlike marijuana, is nonintoxicating and widely considered a wellness product.

— William Deffaa, Baltimore Sun, 14 May 2026