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tame::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | domesticate, domesticise, domesticize, reclaim |
| Type of | modify, change, alter |
| Has types | break, break in |
| Verb group | domesticate |
| Derivation | tameable, tamer, tamable |
He tames lions for the circus.
tame::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | tamed |
| Derivation | tameness |
tame animals.
fields of tame blueberries.
tame::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | domesticate |
| Type of | accommodate, adapt |
| Verb group | domesticize, domesticate, domesticise, reclaim |
The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog.
tame::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cultivate, domesticate, naturalise, naturalize |
| Type of | accommodate, adapt |
tame the soil.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | tameness |
| Type | Words |
|---|
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.
Examples of tame
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Chinese officials have signaled they will continue to tighten to tame inflation.
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Now artistic director Blake Montgomery has moved onto something a bit more tame.
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Hair oils are also highly effective in helping to repair tresses and tame frizz.
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Until we tame that intent within ourselves, technology at best postpones crises.
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Traffic safety groups have proposed a number of ways to tame the raging streets.
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It was tame stuff, yet it prompted a torrent of criticism, some of it offensive.
From the newscientist.com
No one can tame him, not even the cowboys who persistently try to take him down.
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Aside from the occasional card game, the crowd is pretty tame at the host hotel.
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That was back in 1990, and by contrast to today, those insults seem almost tame.
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- Correct by punishment or discipline
- Flat and uninspiring
- Tone down: make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"
- 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"
- Brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries"
- Domesticate: adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"
- Domesticate: overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"
- Meek: very docile; "tame obedience"; "meek as a mouse"- Langston Hughes
- Domesticate: 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"
