Some men think it unmanly to be domesticated. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Verb (used with object) : to domesticate radical ideas. From Dictionary.com.
Funny thing, these combinations for whole proteins were domesticated from the same regions of the world. From Wordnik.com. [Food Combos More Nutritious Together Than Separate | Lifehacker Australia] Reference
Drained of its political significance, the exotic is to be dismantled and reassembled in domesticated form. From Wordnik.com. [Colonial Correspondence: The Letters of George Bogle from Bengal, Bhutan and Tibet, 1770-81] Reference
I visited Alaska this summer and there, at least, “reindeer” is what they call the domesticated version of caribou. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » When the CW Is Right] Reference
Plus, the idea of domesticated pygmy tigers intrigues me…. From Wordnik.com. [Cats or Cheese: A Reader Participation Entry « Whatever] Reference
We know the numbers are very, very small in terms domesticated animals and humans getting it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 23, 2007] Reference
The taxon of the week is Felis silvestris catus, more commonly known as the domesticated cat. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-07-01] Reference
Cache is a kind of domesticated Time of the Wolf, an inner post-apocalypticism. From Wordnik.com. [Cache | Goblin Mercantile Exchange] Reference
Chimpanzees, even 'domesticated' ones like Travis are incredibly unpredictable and incredibly strong. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-02-01] Reference
And yes, wolves and coyotes were probably the original "domesticated" dogs, although I have some reservations about "Coyote". arbon. From Wordnik.com. [Page 2] Reference
There is, in fact, only one kind of domesticated bird, namely, the Chinese goose or. From Wordnik.com. [The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I.] Reference
No matter how "domesticated" we think they are, dogs are just slightly removed from wolves, jackals and dingos. From Wordnik.com. [AroundTheCapitol.com] Reference
She has been so thoroughly "domesticated" by man that she feels too readily that after marriage she is all his. From Wordnik.com. [Married Love: or, Love in Marriage] Reference
The bacteria were thus said to be "domesticated;" for the process was similar to the domestication of wild animals into tame. From Wordnik.com. [Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century Great Deeds of Men and Nations and the Progress of the World] Reference
Every time we get scratched by a cat or bitten by a dog, you'd think we'd learn that "domesticated" has a limited meaning, but oh no. From Wordnik.com. [SFGate: Top News Stories] Reference
"domesticated": it appears to thrive in villages and towns. From Wordnik.com. [3 The Tree] Reference
But Virginia City's domesticated camels take their toll. From Wordnik.com. [In This Nevada Town, Hump Day Has a Very Special Meaning] Reference
Especially with the realization that dairy cows are particularly domesticated. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Top Stories] Reference
These domesticated lions will walk toward the hunters 'vehicle, expecting food. From Wordnik.com. [Call Of The Not-So-Wild] Reference
Now most of the roughly 1,700 domesticated pachyderms live at elephant tourist camps. From Wordnik.com. [Seeing the World From on High] Reference
Bison are wild animals; they have not been domesticated by man like cattle and sheep. From Wordnik.com. [Andrew Gunther: Putting Bison on Feedlots: Unnatural, Unnecessary, Unsafe] Reference
Teeth are a luxury for domesticated animals and can cause more pain than they're worth. From Wordnik.com. [First Person Singular: Barron Hall, animal dentist] Reference
State law lists cats, along with ferrets and dogs, as domesticated animals, Taylor said. From Wordnik.com. [Suit seeks to end Prince George's ban on feeding stray cats] Reference
For a proud pet owner, it's not unusual to compare the domesticated furballs to children. From Wordnik.com. [Wendy Diamond: Pets vs. Kids: Are You Barking Up the Wrong Parenthood Tree?] Reference
This extinction followed by replacement with a domesticated variant is very much happening. From Wordnik.com. [Farmed Fish, Food Fish; Wild Fish, Few Fish] Reference
Even sturgeon, a species with a pedigree that goes back to the ice age, has been domesticated. From Wordnik.com. [Down On The Fish Farm] Reference
And no matter how you stack up other domesticated animals, none has quite the stature of the horse. From Wordnik.com. [The Horse Stands Above All] Reference
CHRISTGAU: Sometimes our three legends are domesticated as on the two Bob Wills 'oldies that opened the set. From Wordnik.com. [Three Guys Named Willie, Merle and Ray] Reference
If other domesticated elephants in Laos can be retrained to charm visitors, too, that could help save the herd. From Wordnik.com. [Seeing the World From on High] Reference
Oh, I grant, there are many examples of dogs saving the day, but dogs have become too domesticated, too subservient. From Wordnik.com. [The Horse Stands Above All] Reference
A ban on logging in Thailand a decade ago has made it hard for the country's 3,000 domesticated elephants to find work. From Wordnik.com. [Prayers For An Elephant] Reference
There are an estimated 16m domesticated dogs and cats in the UK, with almost one in two British households owning a pet. From Wordnik.com. [Going to the dogs: our predilection for pets] Reference
I am particularly not happy in that Kenya has ratified the International Crime Act, or we have in fact domesticated (it). From Wordnik.com. [Kenyan Lawmaker to Demand Answers about Sudan Leader’s Visit] Reference
He seems the perfect comedian for the Tony Blair age; Izzard's outrageousness is domesticated just like Blair's leftishness. From Wordnik.com. [The Lounge Izzard] Reference
"Although we can't be sure, its behavior at the kill indicates that it probably had not been domesticated," says Hank Fischer. From Wordnik.com. [A National Park Cries Wolf] Reference
For them, domesticated means dull-and thousands of Americans are snapping up the latest fad in exotic pets: the wolf-dog hybrid. From Wordnik.com. [Caution: Wolf-Dogs Can Be Hazardous] Reference
Ms. BAILEY: Well, I'm not sure well, Im not sure if I - yeah, I suppose domesticated in that it was used to getting fed, you know. From Wordnik.com. ['The Sound Of A Snail': A Patient's Greatest Comfort] Reference
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