domesticate

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Animals , Pets domesticatedo‧mes‧ti‧cate /dəˈmestɪkeɪt/ AWL verb [transitive] HBADHPto make an animal able to work for people or live with them as a pet → tame —domestication /dəˌmestɪˈkeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]→ See Verb table Examples from the Corpusdomesticate• Bradley admits it is possible that humans domesticated an animal, and moved with it.• Simultaneously, photography was both domesticated and industrialised.• Peafowl have been domesticated and valued as a special food dish for the rich since Roman times!• Other considerations for siting Neolithic settlements included good water and soil, and convenient pasture land for newly domesticated animals.• The challenge of making do without the domesticating power of women was, for many men, a practical matter.• The adult females were domesticated, such as it was, and they tried to return to their cages.• In a sense, they domesticated us.

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Verb table

domesticate

Simple Form

Present

I, you, we, they domesticate

he, she, it domesticates

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Past

I, you, he, she, it, we, they domesticated

Present perfect

I, you, we, they have domesticated

he, she, it has domesticated

Past perfect

I, you, he, she, it, we, they had domesticated

Future

I, you, he, she, it, we, they will domesticate

Future perfect

I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have domesticated

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Continuous Form

Present

I am domesticating

he, she, it is domesticating

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you, we, they are domesticating

Past

I, he, she, it was domesticating

you, we, they were domesticating

Present perfect

I, you, we, they have been domesticating

he, she, it has been domesticating

Past perfect

I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been domesticating

Future

I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be domesticating

Future perfect

I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been domesticating

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