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.

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  1. cultivates
  2. breeds
  3. propagates
  4. trains
  5. uses
  6. produces
  7. utilizes
  8. grows
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  • To avert future calamities, the forest outside Bordeaux must be thinned and its fire breaks widened, said Arthur Guérin-Turcq, a Sorbonne University geographer whose family cultivates pines near Le Porge.
    — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
  • In 1840, shade-loving Croomia, which cultivates flowers on the underside of its leaves, was included as a native species.
    — Candace Barone, Florida Times-Union, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of cultivates
Verb
  • Nor can it be secured through repression, which amplifies alienation, fuels anger, and breeds broader resentment toward the Pakistani state.
    — Aqil Shah, Time, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Mandating attendance without a clear, compelling reason breeds resentment.
    — Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of breeds
Verb
  • That same commitment to the organic quality of music informs the way Guy talks about and propagates the blues to this day.
    — Chris Barilla, PEOPLE, 20 Aug. 2026
  • But, especially when an impactor is big, most of it propagates into the mantle below.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 5 July 2026
Definition of propagates
Verb
  • Critical thinking often trains us to interrogate claims made by people.
    — Ted Ladd, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • With up to nine doses of Keytruda, infused every six weeks, plus up to nine doses of the customized mRNA vaccine, the treatment trains the immune system to recognize and attack cancer cells.
    — Mariam Sunny, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of trains
Verb
  • The department said the policies encouraged schools to conceal from parents whether their child uses different pronouns and allowed schools to print a different name on diplomas without parental knowledge.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Your immune system needs iron to fight infections, and your body uses iron to make hemoglobin, the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen from your lungs to other organs and tissues.
    — Anahad O’Connor, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of uses
Verb
  • The Texatron produces this powerful field dynamically during the pulse itself, avoiding the need for massive static coils.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Farmers are reluctant to plant John Boelts grows vegetables, melons, durum wheat and other crops in Yuma, Arizona — a region that produces about 90% of leafy greens eaten in North America during the winter.
    — Wufei Yu, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of produces
Verb
  • The new research utilizes a combination of coral records extending back 1,000 years plus results from a suite of 12 state-of-the-art climate models to rule out natural climate variability as the cause for El Niño’s recent changes.
    — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Clocking in at 30 minutes, Williams’ Quartet La Jolla is a five-part work that politely utilizes dissonance and sometimes abstract rhythms.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of utilizes
Verb
  • Trust grows when transformation is communicated clearly instead of left for others to guess.
    — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 26 Aug. 2026
  • As her creative uncertainty grows, a strange mystery unfolds when a series of provocative and obscene artworks inexplicably disappear.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of grows
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“Domesticates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/domesticates. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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