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tamer::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | animal trainer, handler |
| Derivation | tame |
Examples of tamer
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During the week, we make many tamer but necessary trips around the neighborhood.
From the theatlantic.com
They usually air dirty laundry before the tamer mainstream press dares touch it.
From the economist.com
Whether drivers want a tamer, less thirsty version of the SUV remains to be seen.
From the businessweek.com
He passes inside to Leitner, but his finish is tamer than a hand-reared squirrel.
From the guardian.co.uk
Cora Sledge is unforgettable and the excerpt above is one of her tamer musings.
From the newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com
James Blake may lose some fans with the tamer, more sultry sounds of Overgrown.
From the entertainment.time.com
Behind the counter, Matt Boyd takes us on another journey, albeit a tamer one.
From the washingtonpost.com
The September reading was much tamer than the 0.3% rate that markets had expected.
From the businessweek.com
I'd put him on the second team in practice, I felt like a lion tamer at times.
From the ocregister.com
- 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"
