domesticise
overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable - He tames lions for the circus - reclaim falcons • Syn: domesticate, domesticize, reclaim, tame • Derivationally related forms: tameable (for: tame), tamable (for: tame), tamer (for: tame) • Topics: animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna • Hypernyms: change, alter, modify • Hyponyms: break in, break • Verb Group: domesticate, tame • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s somebody
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