domesticate

Universal Words verb [VN] 1 to make a wild animal used to living with or working for humans 2 to grow plants or crops for human use SYNCULTIVATE 3 (often humorous) to make sb good at cooking, caring for a house, etc.; to make sb enjoy home life: Some men are very hard to domesticate. domesticated adjective: domesticated animals * They've become a lot more domesticated since they got married. domestication noun [U]: the domestication of cattle