domesticates

verb

present tense third-person singular of domesticate
as in cultivates
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.

Related Words

Relevance

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for domesticates
  1. cultivates
  2. breeds
  3. propagates
  4. trains
  5. uses
  6. produces
  7. utilizes
  8. grows
Verb
  • The Huntington cultivates them on-site and has distributed many to botanic gardens and zoos across the country.
    — Emily Tarinelli, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
  • This mutually beneficial relationship strengthens organizational learning, cultivates stronger leaders, and promotes collaborative teams, ultimately positioning companies for long-term success in a rapidly changing world.
    — Terri Eagle, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of cultivates
Verb
  • Wet clothing doesn’t cause UTIs, but staying in wet clothing, which breeds more moisture and bacteria, does.
    — Alexandra Frost, USA Today, 30 June 2026
  • When a leader isn't accountable to the process, the word becomes a do-as-I-say cliché that breeds resentment instead of results.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of breeds
Verb
  • But, especially when an impactor is big, most of it propagates into the mantle below.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 5 July 2026
  • Elbanna explained that an earthquake that propagates through the Cajon Pass could result in more damage than one that stops.
    — Velvet Wu July 3, Sacbee.com, 3 July 2026
Definition of propagates
Verb
  • Metro-North runs Yankee Clipper trains from Grand Central to Yankee Stadium for all weeknight and weekend games for about $5 to $8 each way.
    — James McClellan, Curbed, 10 July 2026
  • Homeland Security Investigations, a division of ICE, trains its agents using an Emergency Driving Handbook.
    — Nick Miroff, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026
Definition of trains
Verb
  • To manage operational heat, the hardware uses a thermal strategy that entirely removes mechanical components like fans or liquid pumps.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 9 July 2026
  • Now, New Zealand space startup Zenno Astronautics says it’s tested an entirely new type of thruster that, unlike either of those conventional technologies, uses superconducting magnets to maintain a satellite’s orbit and orientation.
    — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 9 July 2026
Definition of uses
Verb
  • The state’s Holocaust Education Bill, passed in 1994, requires every school district to teach the Holocaust with the explicit aim of building tolerance, nurturing democratic values, and confronting what indifference produces.
    — Masha Pearl, Sun Sentinel, 5 July 2026
  • Scan your face, train your voice on a few prompts, write (or accept a brand’s) creative brief, and the content produces itself.
    — Reid Litman, Fortune, 5 July 2026
Definition of produces
Verb
  • Loose-leaf tea also utilizes larger grounds and leaf particles, which prevent the tea from deteriorating as quickly as similar bagged options.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
  • This marks the first time the company utilizes projection mapping onto moving figures and objects.
    — Carly Caramanna, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026
Definition of utilizes
Verb
  • Launch-site capacity and the pace at which regulators can license new launches are constrained the same way; each of these resources grows scarcer as the industry grows more crowded and the largest players lock up their share.
    — Charlotte Kiang, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026
  • As the sun grows lighter, its gravitational grip weakens, pushing the surviving planets outward into a wider orbit that could double their distance from the star, according to NASA.
    — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of grows
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

domesticated
domesticates
domesticating
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Domesticates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/domesticates. Accessed 14 Jul. 2026.

Copy Citation

More from Merriam-Webster on domesticates

Nglish: Translation of domesticates for Spanish Speakers

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

Listen to the pronunciation of yaw

See Definitions and Examples »

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

Is that lie 'bald-faced' or 'bold-faced'?

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?

Commonly Misspelled Words
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

It's a Scorcher! Words for the Summer Heat

The Longest Long Words List

Ten Words Ending with a Silent ‘T’

The Words of the Week - Jul 10
See More

Popular

See More

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

It's a Scorcher! Words for the Summer Heat
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
banana-mirrored
Contradictory Words Quiz Pick out which word means one thing…and the opp...
See All