tame

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tame

(tām)

adj. tam·er, tam·est

1. Brought from wildness into a domesticated or tractable state.

2. Naturally unafraid; not timid: "The sea otter is gentle and relatively tame" (Peter Matthiessen).

3. Submissive; docile; fawning: tame obedience.

4. Insipid; flat: a tame birthday party.

5. Sluggish; languid; inactive: a tame river.

tr.v. tamed, tam·ing, tames

1. To make tame; domesticate: tame a wild horse.

2. To subdue or curb: tamed his explosive anger.

3. To change from an uncontrolled or disorderly to a controlled state: needed some gel to tame his hair.

[Middle English, from Old English tam; see demə- in Indo-European roots.]

tam′a·ble, tame′a·ble adj.

tame′ly adv.

tame′ness n.

tam′er n.

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tame

(teɪm)

adj

1. changed by man from a naturally wild state into a tractable, domesticated, or cultivated condition

2. (of animals) not fearful of human contact

3. lacking in spirit or initiative; meek or submissive: a tame personality.

4. flat, insipid, or uninspiring: a tame ending to a book.

5. slow-moving: a tame current.

vb (tr)

6. to make tame; domesticate

7. to break the spirit of, subdue, or curb

8. to tone down, soften, or mitigate

[Old English tam; related to Old Norse tamr, Old High German zam]

ˈtamable, ˈtameable adj

ˌtamaˈbility, ˌtameaˈbility, ˈtamableness, ˈtameableness n

ˈtameless adj

ˈtamely adv

ˈtameness n

ˈtamer n

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tame

(teɪm)

adj. tam•er, tam•est, adj.

1. changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated.

2. docile or submissive.

3. lacking in excitement; dull: a very tame party.

4. spiritless; pusillanimous.

5. rendered useful and manageable: tame natural resources.

6. cultivated or improved by cultivation, as a plant or its fruit.

v.t.

7. to make tame; domesticate.

8. to deprive of courage, ardor, or zest.

9. to deprive of interest or excitement; make dull.

10. to harness or control, as a source of power.

11. to cultivate, as land or plants.

v.i.

12. to become tame.

[before 900; Middle English; Old English tam, c. Old High German zam,akin to Latin domāre to tame]

tam′a•ble, tame′a•ble, adj.

tame′ly, adv.

tame′ness, n.

tam′er, n.

tame

daunt - Comes from Latin domare, meaning "to tame."
amenage - To amenage something is to domesticate or tame it.
cicurate - To tame or domesticate, render mild or harmless.
dompt - "To tame or subdue; daunt."

tame

Past participle: tamed
Gerund: taming

Imperative
tame
tame

Present
I tame
you tame
he/she/it tames
we tame
you tame
they tame

Preterite
I tamed
you tamed
he/she/it tamed
we tamed
you tamed
they tamed

Present Continuous
I am taming
you are taming
he/she/it is taming
we are taming
you are taming
they are taming

Present Perfect
I have tamed
you have tamed
he/she/it has tamed
we have tamed
you have tamed
they have tamed

Past Continuous
I was taming
you were taming
he/she/it was taming
we were taming
you were taming
they were taming

Past Perfect
I had tamed
you had tamed
he/she/it had tamed
we had tamed
you had tamed
they had tamed

Future
I will tame
you will tame
he/she/it will tame
we will tame
you will tame
they will tame

Future Perfect
I will have tamed
you will have tamed
he/she/it will have tamed
we will have tamed
you will have tamed
they will have tamed

Future Continuous
I will be taming
you will be taming
he/she/it will be taming
we will be taming
you will be taming
they will be taming

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been taming
you have been taming
he/she/it has been taming
we have been taming
you have been taming
they have been taming

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been taming
you will have been taming
he/she/it will have been taming
we will have been taming
you will have been taming
they will have been taming

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been taming
you had been taming
he/she/it had been taming
we had been taming
you had been taming
they had been taming

Conditional
I would tame
you would tame
he/she/it would tame
we would tame
you would tame
they would tame

Past Conditional
I would have tamed
you would have tamed
he/she/it would have tamed
we would have tamed
you would have tamed
they would have tamed

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Verb	1.	tame - correct by punishment or discipline chasten, subdue alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
	2.	tame - make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements" tone down, moderate alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
	3.	tame - adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil" domesticate, naturalise, cultivate, naturalize plant life, flora, plant - (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion adapt, accommodate - make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"
	4.	tame - overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons" domesticise, domesticize, domesticate, reclaim animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" break in, break - make submissive, obedient, or useful; "The horse was tough to break"; "I broke in the new intern" domesticate, tame - make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans; "The horse was domesticated a long time ago"; "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog"
	5.	tame - make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans; "The horse was domesticated a long time ago"; "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog" domesticate animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement adapt, accommodate - make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country" domesticise, domesticize, domesticate, tame, reclaim - overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"
Adj.	1.	tame - flat and uninspiring unexciting - not exciting; "an unexciting novel"; "lived an unexciting life"
	2.	tame - very restrained or quiet; "a tame Christmas party"; "she was one of the tamest and most abject creatures imaginable with no will or power to act but as directed" quiet - characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity; "a quiet life"; "a quiet throng of onlookers"; "quiet peace-loving people"; "the factions remained quiet for almost 10 years" wild - marked by extreme lack of restraint or control; "wild talk"; "wild parties"
	3.	tame - brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries" tamed manipulable, tractable - easily managed (controlled or taught or molded); "tractable young minds"; "the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition"- Samuel Butler untamed, wild - in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated; "wild geese"; "edible wild plants"
	4.	tame - very docile; "tame obedience"; "meek as a mouse"- Langston Hughes meek docile - willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; "the docile masses of an enslaved nation"

tame

adjective

1. domesticated, unafraid, docile, broken, gentle, fearless, obedient, amenable, tractable, used to human contact tame animals at a children's zoo or farm
domesticated wild, savage, ferocious, feral, untamed, undomesticated, aggressive

2. submissive, meek, compliant, subdued, manageable, obedient, docile, spiritless, unresisting a tame and gullible newspaper journalist
submissive aggressive, stubborn, strong-willed, argumentative, unmanageable, obdurate

3. unexciting, boring, dull, bland, tedious, flat, tiresome, lifeless, prosaic, uninspiring, humdrum, uninteresting, insipid, vapid, wearisome The report was pretty tame stuff.
unexciting interesting, exciting, stimulating, hot, lively

verb

1. domesticate, train, break in, gentle, pacify, house-train, make tame They were the first to tame horses.
domesticate make fiercer

2. subdue, suppress, master, discipline, curb, humble, conquer, repress, bridle, enslave, subjugate, bring to heel, break the spirit of Two regiments were called out to tame the crowds.
subdue arouse, incite, intensify

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tame

adjective

1. Trained or bred to live with and be of use to people:

domestic.

2. Easily managed or handled:

docile, gentle, meek, mild.

verb

1. To train to live with and be of use to people:

domesticate, domesticize, gentle, master.

2. To make (an animal) docile:

break, bust, gentle, master.

3. To make or become less severe or extreme:

moderate, mute, qualify, soften, subdue, temper, tone down.

Translations

أليفعَديم الحَيَوِيَّهمُرَوَّضيُدَجِّن، يُطَوِّع

ochočenýochočitkrotkýnudný

tamkedeligtæmme

zähmen lahm zahm

δαμάζω εξημερωμένος

manso domar

kesy

apprivoisé apprivoiser domestiquer dompter insipide

pitom

megszelídít

daufur, óspennanditaminntemja

addomesticare domestico solito consulente fiscale una boiata addomesticato

飼いならされた

길들여진

prijaukinamasprijaukinti

garlaicīgsneinteresantspiejaucētpiejaucētspieradināt

tam

oswojony

obediente

укрощать прирученный ручной

krotkýskrotenýskrotiť

krotekukrotiti

tam

เชื่อง

evcilevcilleştirmeksıkıcı yavan

thuần

驯服的平淡的驯服

tame

[teɪm]

A. ADJ (tamer (compar) (tamest (superl)))

1. (= no longer wild) [lion, tiger] → domesticado, manso; [hedgehog, fox] → dócil, manso
do you know of a tame plumber who can fix it? (hum) → ¿sabes de un fontanero fiable que lo pueda arreglar?

2. (= boring) [book, film, match, performance] → soso, insulso
the report was pretty tame stuff → el informe era bastante anodino
these films are tame by today's standards → estas películas resultan poco atrevidas para los tiempos que corren

B. VT [+ lion, tiger] → domar, amansar; [+ passion] → dominar
no man could tame her → no había hombre que pudiese domarla

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tame

[ˈteɪm]

adj

[animal, bird] → apprivoisé(e)
They've got a tame hedgehog → Ils ont un hérisson apprivoisé.

(= unexciting) [story, style] → fade; [party, match, film] → fade

[+ wild animal, bird] → apprivoiser; [+ lion] → dompter; [+ horse] → dresser
The Amazons were the first to tame horses → Les Amazones ont été les premières à dresser les chevaux.

(= bring under control) [+ person, crowd, anger] → dompter

tame

adj (+er)

animal → zahm; the village has its own tame novelist (hum) → der Ort hat seinen dorfeigenen Schriftsteller (inf); I’ll get my tame lawyer to do that (hum) → ich beauftrage meinen treuen Rechtsanwalt damit

(= dull) person, life, adventure, answer, shot, tennis service etc → lahm (inf); story, criticism, joke → zahm, lahm (inf)

vt animal, person → zähmen, bändigen; passion → (be)zähmen, zügeln; garden, inflation, unions, deficit → unter Kontrolle bringen

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tame

[teɪm]

1. adj (-r (comp) (-st (superl))) (animal) → addomesticato/a (fig) (person) → docile; (story, style) → scialbo/a, insipido/a; (book, performance) → banale

2. vt (wild creature) → addomesticare; (lion, tiger, passion) → domare

tame

(teim) adjective

1. (of animals) used to living with people; not wild or dangerous. He kept a tame bear as a pet.

2. dull; not exciting. My job is very tame.

verb

to make tame. It is impossible to tame some animals.

ˈtamely adverb

ˈtameness noun

ˈtameable adjective

(negative untameable) able to be tamed.

tame

→ مُرَوَّض ochočený tam zahm εξημερωμένος manso kesy apprivoisé pitom domestico 飼いならされた 길들여진 tam tam oswojony obediente прирученный tam เชื่อง evcil thuần 驯服的

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