verb (with the meaning of to adapt or modify for use in a domestic setting or context) as in strong fondness

Strongest matches

wild, savage, feral

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Example Sentences

Example:The wild animals had trouble adjusting to domestic life.

Definition:Lacking the aid or care of human beings; free from restraint and cultivation, growing or living naturally or in its natural state; uncultivated; raw; savage; uncouth; rude; brutal.

From wild

Example:The indigenous people were described as savage, but their way of life was actually quite complex.

Definition:Living in natural uncivilized conditions; uncultivated; barbarous; brutal; unfeeling; inhuman; ferocious.

From savage

Example:The cat was a feral domestic that roamed the streets.

Definition:Resembling, characteristic of, or growing wild; particularly applicable to animals that have returned to a wild state from having been domesticated.

From feral