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 Definitions of tame  [ɪm]  

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Definition of 'tame' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) tame
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated.

2.  tame
docile or submissive.

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

4.  tame
spiritless; pusillanimous.

5.  tame
rendered useful and manageable:
tame natural resources.

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

7. (v.t.) tame
to make tame; domesticate.

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

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

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

11.  tame
to cultivate, as land or plants.

12. (v.i.) tame
to become tame.

Etymology:  (bef. 900; ME; OE tam, c. OHG zam,akin to L domāre to tame)

Definition of 'tame' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) tame
flat and uninspiring

2. (adj) 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"

3. (adj) tame, tamed
brought from wildness into a domesticated state
"tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries"

4. (verb) meek, tame
very docile
"tame obedience"; "meek as a mouse"- Langston Hughes

5. (verb) tame, chasten, subdue
correct by punishment or discipline

6. (verb) tone down, moderate, tame
make less strong or intense; soften
"Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"

7. (verb) domesticate, cultivate, naturalize, naturalise, tame
adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
"domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"

8. (verb) domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame
overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable
"He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"

9. (verb) 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"


Definition of 'tame' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) tame
(of an animal) not wild
a tame squirrel

2.  tame
boring or uninteresting compared to sth else
My hometown seemed pretty tame after visiting Austin.

3. (verb) tame
to train an animal to be able to live with humans
the way they used to tame wild horses


Definition of 'tame' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) tame
to reduce from a wild to a domestic state; to make gentle and familiar; to reclaim; to domesticate; as, to tame a wild beast

2. (adj) tame
to subdue; to conquer; to repress; as, to tame the pride or passions of youth

3.  tame
reduced from a state of native wildness and shyness; accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic; as, a tame deer, a tame bird

4.  tame
crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless

5.  tame
deficient in spirit or animation; spiritless; dull; flat; insipid; as, a tame poem; tame scenery

6. (verb) tame
to broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out


Translation of 'tame' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

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

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: mak Arabic flag Arabic: أليف Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: питомен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: domesticado Czech flag Czech: krotký, ochočený German flag German: zähmen
Danish flag Danish: tam Greek flag Greek: ήμερος, εξημερωμένος Spanish flag Spanish: domesticado; doméstico
Estonian flag Estonian: taltsas Farsi flag Farsi: اهلی Finnish flag Finnish: kesy
French flag French: apprivoisé Hebrew flag Hebrew: מְאוּלָף Hindi flag Hindi: पालतू
Croatian flag Croatian: pitom, pripitomljen Hungarian flag Hungarian: megszelídített Indonesian flag Indonesian: jinak
Icelandic flag Icelandic: taminn Italian flag Italian: domestico, addomesticato Japanese flag Japanese: 飼いならされた
Korean flag Korean: 길들여진 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: prijaukintas Latvian flag Latvian: pieradināts; piejaucēts
Malay flag Malay: jinak Dutch flag Dutch: tam Norwegian flag Norwegian: tam
Polish flag Polish: oswojony Portuguese flag Portuguese: domesticado Romanian flag Romanian: domesticit
Russian flag Russian: приручённый Slovak flag Slovak: krotký, skrotený Slovenian flag Slovenian: udomačen
Serbian flag Serbian: pripitomljen Swedish flag Swedish: tam Thai flag Thai: เชื่อง (สัตว์)
Turkish flag Turkish: evcil(leştirilmiş) Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 馴服的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: свійський, ручний
Urdu flag Urdu: سدھا ہوا، پالتو Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: được thuần hóa Chinese flag Chinese: 驯服的

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