tame

tame  (tm)

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 Christmas party.

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

tr.v. tamed, tam·ing, tames

1. To make tractable; domesticate.

2. To subdue or curb.

3. To tone down; soften.

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

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tama·ble, tamea·ble adj.

tamely adv.

tameness n.

tamer 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)

1. to make tame; domesticate

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

3. to tone down, soften, or mitigate

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

tamable , tameable adj

tamability , tameability, tamableness, tameableness n

tameless  adj

tamely  adv

tameness  n

tamer  n

Thesaurus

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"

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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

Translations

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

vt

[+ 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

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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

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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

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tame

adj tame [teim]

1 (of animals) used to living with people; not wild or dangerous He kept a tame bear as a pet. mak أليف питомен krotký, ochočený tam zähmen ήμερος, εξημερωμένος domesticado; doméstico taltsas اهلی kesy apprivoisé מְאוּלָף पालतू pitom, pripitomljen megszelídített jinak taminn domestico, addomesticato 飼いならされた 길들여진 prijaukintas pieradināts; piejaucēts jinak tam tam oswojony domesticado domesticit приручённый krotký, skrotený udomačen pripitomljen tam เชื่อง (สัตว์) evcil(leştirilmiş) 馴服的 свійський, ручний سدھا ہوا، پالتو được thuần hóa 驯服的

2 dull; not exciting My job is very tame. vaal, saai عَديم الحَيَوِيَّه еднообразен nudný kedelig lahm ανιαρός, ρουτινιάρικος monótono; rutinario igav ملال آور tylsä insipide, monotone מְשַעֲמֵם दब्बू miran, neuzbudljiv unalmas membosankan daufur, óspennandi noioso たいくつな 지루한 nuobodus, neįdomus garlaicīgs; neinteresants lembap oninteressant tam, kjedelig mdły, nudny monótono plic­ti­sitor; monoton скучный nudný pust dosadan tam, tråkig ไม่น่าสนใจ (คำไม่เป็นทางการ) sıkıcı, yavan 平淡的 нудний, нецікавий پھيکا، بے مزہ buồn tẻ 平淡的

v

to make tame It is impossible to tame some animals. makmaak يُدَجِّن، يُطَوِّع опитомявам ochočit tæmme zähmen εξημερώνω domesticar, domar taltsutama اهلی کردن kesyttää apprivoiser לְאַלֵף वश में करना pripitomiti, ukrotiti megszelídít menjinakkan temja addomesticare, domare 飼いならす 길들이다 prijaukinti pieradināt; piejaucēt menjinakkan temmen temme oswoić domesticar a domestici приручать skrotiť ukrotiti pripitomiti tämja ทำให้เชื่อง (สัตว์) evcilleştirmek 馴服 приручати, дресирувати سدھانا، مطيع کرنا thuần hóa 驯服

adv tamely

mak مُدَجَّنا، مُطيعاً питомно krotce tamt zahm ήμερα dócilmente, mansamente taltsalt بطور رام vaisusti docilement כְּחָיָה מְאוּלֶפֶת वश्यतापूर्वक, नीरसतापूर्वक pitomo szelíden; engedelmesen; unalmasan dengan jinak af hlÿðni docilmente おとなしく 길들어서 klusniai rāmi; padevīgi dgn jinak tam tamt potulnie docilmente blând; cu blândeţe укротимо krotko krotko pripitomljeno tamt อย่างเชื่อฟัง uslu uslu 馴服地 нецікаво مسکنت سے thuần 驯服地

n tameness

makheid تَدْجين، طاعَه питомност krotkost; nuda tamhed die Zahmheit ημερότητα mansedumbre; insipidez taltsutatus رامی؛ ملایمت säyseys caractère apprivoisé; insipidité צַייתַנוּת वश्यता, पालतूपन pitomost szelídség; egyhangúság kejinakan deyfð; auðsveipni docilità 従順 길들여져 있음 klusnumas rāmums; padevība kejinakan tamheid det som er tamt/kjedelig łagodność, potulność docilidade natură blândă; mono­to­nie укротимость krotkosť krotkost pripitomljenost tamhet ความนอนสอนง่าย evcillik 馴服 нудність کم ہمتي، مسکنت tính thuần 驯服

adj tameable

(negativeuntameable) able to be tamed. makmaakbaar قابِل للتَّدْجين опитомим zkrotitelný kan tæmmes zähmbar εξημερώσιμος domable, domesticable taltsutatav رام کردنی kesytettävä apprivoisable נִיתָן לְאִילוּף पालतू बनाने योग्य ukrotiv, koji se može pripitomiti megszelídíthető bisa dijinakkan temjanlegur addomesticabile, domabile 飼いならせる 길들일 수 있는 prijaukinamas pieradināms; piejaucējams boleh dijinakkan tembaar som kan temmes dający się oswoić domesticável care poate fi îmblânzit укротимый skrotiteľný udomačljiv pripitomljiv tämjbar ซึ่งเชื่อฟัง evcilleştirilebilir 可馴服的 такий, котрого можна приручити جسے مطيع کيا جاسکے có thể thuần hóa được 可驯服的

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tame → مُرَوَض 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