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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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.

tameable - capable of being tamed

tamable

manipulable, tractable - easily managed (controlled or taught or molded); "tractable young minds"; "the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition"- Samuel Butler

Translations

قابِل للتَّدْجين

zkrotitelný

kan tæmmes

zähmbar

apprivoisable domptable

megszelídíthető

temjanlegur

addomesticabile

skrotiteľný

evcilleştirilebilir

可驯服的

tameable

adj → zähmbar

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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.

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But, despite interesting frills like zombies, tameable dinosaurs and magical artefacts, Warparty is a monotone experience that emphasises the outmoded "actions per minute" RTS approach (or, how quickly can you hammer memorised keystrokes like, well, a soulless zombie?) and taking time over a considered strategy often leads only to failure.

GAMES & APPS

But, despite interesting frills like zombies, tameable dinosaurs and magical artefacts, Warparty is a monotone experience that emphasises the outmoded 'actions per minute' RTS approach (or, how quickly can you hammer memorised keystrokes like, well, a soulless zombie?) and taking time over a considered strategy often leads only to failure.

GAME REVIEWS

It has a posture that hints at the fact that it's not a readily tameable creature, because the animal sits with a fair degree of panache.

A tale of unsaid words

(5) Efforts to achieve this were largely targeted at the deserving poor, who were regarded as 'tameable' creatures who would benefit from outside intervention --unlike the undeserving poor.

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