TAME
\tˈe͡ɪm], \tˈeɪm], \t_ˈeɪ_m]\
Definitions of TAME
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
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correct by punishment or discipline
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make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"
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flat and uninspiring
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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"
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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"
By Princeton University
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correct by punishment or discipline
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overcome the wildness of (an animal); make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"
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make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"
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flat and uninspiring
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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"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out.
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Reduced from a state of native wildness and shyness; accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic; as, a tame deer, a tame bird.
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Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.
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Deficient in spirit or animation; spiritless; dull; flat; insipid; as, a tame poem; tame scenery.
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To reduce from a wild to a domestic state; to make gentle and familiar; to reclaim; to domesticate; as, to tame a wild beast.
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To subdue; to conquer; to repress; as, to tame the pride or passions of youth.
By Oddity Software
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To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out.
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Reduced from a state of native wildness and shyness; accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic; as, a tame deer, a tame bird.
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Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.
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Deficient in spirit or animation; spiritless; dull; flat; insipid; as, a tame poem; tame scenery.
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To reduce from a wild to a domestic state; to make gentle and familiar; to reclaim; to domesticate; as, to tame a wild beast.
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To subdue; to conquer; to repress; as, to tame the pride or passions of youth.
By Noah Webster.
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Arginine derivative which is a substrate for many proteolytic enzymes. As a substrate for the esterase from the first component of complement, it inhibits the action of C (l) on C (4).
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Altered from native wildness; made useful to man; subdued; harmless; gentle; lacking in spirit; dull.
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To bring from a wild to a gentle state; subdue; make harmless; as, to tame a wild animal; remove spirit or courage from; make quiet.
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Tamely.
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Tameness.
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Tamer.
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Tamest.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Tamely.
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Tameness.
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Having lost native wildness and shyness: domesticated: gentle: spiritless: without vigor: dull.
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To reduce to a domestic state: to make gentle: to reclaim: to civilize.
By Daniel Lyons
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Tamely.
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Tameness.
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To make tame; domesticate; subject; conquer; soften.
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Domesticated; docile; subdued.
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Dull; inert.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman