1. overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; - Example: "He tames lions for the circus" - Example: "reclaim falcons" [syn: domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
domesticize
v 1: overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He
tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons" [syn:
domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim,
tame]