domesticate
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- v adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
domesticate oats - v overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable
- v make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans
The horse was domesticated a long time ago
- All sockeye (red) salmon are wildfish farmers haven't yet been able to domesticate themand since those fish are less carnivorous than other types of salmon, they have lower .
- Among other experimental projects, Solowey is trying to domesticate the costus root, an herb that grows wild in the Himalayas and is nearly extinct.
- No matter how many high school English teachers try to domesticate The Catcher in the Rye in class, it will never lose its satirical edge.