WordNet Search - 3.1

Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations

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Noun

S: (n) domestication (adaptation to intimate association with human beings)

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S: (n) adaptation, adaption, adjustment (the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions))

S: (n) organic process, biological process (a process occurring in living organisms)

S: (n) process, physical process (a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states) "events now in process"; "the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls"

S: (n) physical entity (an entity that has physical existence)

S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))

S: (n) tameness, domestication (the attribute of having been domesticated)
S: (n) domestication (accommodation to domestic life) "her explorer husband resisted all her attempts at domestication"

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S: (n) adjustment, accommodation, fitting (making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances)

S: (n) readjustment (the act of adjusting again (to changed circumstances))
S: (n) domestication (accommodation to domestic life) "her explorer husband resisted all her attempts at domestication"
S: (n) habituation (a general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions)

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derivationally related form

S: (n) shakedown (initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state) "the new industry's economic shakedown"