domesticize
World English Dictionary
domesticate or domesticize (dəˈmɛstɪˌkeɪt, dəˈmɛstɪˌsaɪz) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to bring or keep (wild animals or plants) under control or cultivation |
| 2. | to accustom to home life |
| 3. | to adapt to an environment: to domesticate foreign trees |
| domesticize or domesticize | |
| —vb | |
| do'mesticable or domesticize | |
| —adj | |
| domesti'cation or domesticize | |
| —n | |
| do'mesticative or domesticize | |
| —adj | |
| do'mesticator or domesticize | |
| —n | |
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| domesticize | |
verb | |
| overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons" [syn: domesticate] |
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Domesticize
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
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