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Webster 1913 Edition


Tame

Tame

,
Verb.
T.
[Cf. F.
entamer
to cut into, to broach.]
To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
In the time of famine he is the Joseph of the country, and keeps the poor from starving. Then he
tameth
his stacks of corn, which not his covetousness, but providence, hath reserved for time of need.
Fuller.

Tame

,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Tamer
;
sup
erl.
Tamest
.]
[AS.
tam
; akin to D.
tam
, G.
zahm
, OHG.
zam
, Dan. & Sw.
tam
, Icel.
tamr
, L.
domare
to tame, Gr. [GREEK], Skr.
dam
to be tame, to tame, and perhaps to E.
beteem
. √61. Cf.
Adamant
,
Diamond
,
Dame
,
Daunt
,
Indomitable
.]
1.
Reduced from a state of native wildness and shyness; accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic;
as, a
tame
deer, a
tame
bird
.
2.
Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.
Tame
slaves of the laborious plow.
Roscommon.
3.
Deficient in spirit or animation; spiritless; dull; flat; insipid;
as, a
tame
poem;
tame
scenery
.
Syn. – Gentle; mild; meek. See
Gentle
.

Tame

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Tamed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Taming
.]
[AS.
tamian
,
temian
, akin to D.
tammen
,
temmen
, G.
zähmen
, OHG.
zemmen
, Icel.
temja
, Goth. ga
tamjan
. See
Tame
,
Adj.
]
1.
To reduce from a wild to a domestic state; to make gentle and familiar; to reclaim; to domesticate;
as, to
tame
a wild beast
.
They had not been
tamed
into submission, but baited into savegeness and stubbornness.
Macaulay.
2.
To subdue; to conquer; to repress;
as, to
tame
the pride or passions of youth
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Tame

TAME

, a.
1.
That has lost its native wildness and shyness; mild; accustomed to man; domestic; as a tame deer; a tame bird.
2.
Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.
And you, tame slaves of the laborious plow.
3.
Spiritless; unanimated; as a tame poem. [Not elegant nor in use.

TAME

,
Verb.
T.
[L. domo; Heb. to be silent, dumb.]
1.
To reclaim; to reduce from a wild to a domestic state; to make gentle and familiar; as, to tame a wild beast.
2.
To civilize; as, to tame the ferocious inhabitants of the forest.
3.
To subdue; to conquer; to depress; as, to tame the pride or passions of youth.
4.
To subdue; to repress; as wildness or licentiousness.
The tongue can no man tame. James 3.

Definition 2024


Tame

Tame

See also: tame and tamë

English

Proper noun

Tame

  1. A surname.
  2. A river in Central England, tributary to the Trent.

Maori

Proper noun

Tame

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English Tom.

Related terms

References

  • Te Aka Māori-English, English-Māori Dictionary and Index
  • Fletcher Index of Maori Names
  • Ancestry.com: Exact search for the given name "Tame" in documents relating to New Zealand. Accessed on 25 February 2016

tame

tame

See also: Tame and tamë

English

Dogs and sheep were among the first animals to be domesticated.

Adjective

tame (comparative tamer, superlative tamest)

  1. Not or no longer wild; domesticated
    They have a tame wildcat.
  2. (chiefly of animals) Mild and well-behaved; accustomed to human contact
    The lion was quite tame.
  3. Not exciting
    This party is too tame for me.
    For a thriller, that film was really tame.
  4. Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.
    • Roscommon
      tame slaves of the laborious plough
  5. (mathematics, of a knot) Capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain.
Quotations
  • For usage examples of this term, see Citations:tame.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

tame (third-person singular simple present tames, present participle taming, simple past and past participle tamed)

  1. (transitive) to make something tame
    He tamed the wild horse.
  2. (intransitive) to become tame
    • 2006, Gayle Soucek, Doves (page 78)
      Tambourines are shy birds and do not tame easily.
Derived terms
Translations

External links

Etymology 2

Compare French entamer (to cut into, to broach).

Verb

tame (third-person singular simple present tames, present participle taming, simple past and past participle tamed)

  1. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out.
    • Fuller
      In the time of famine he is the Joseph of the country, and keeps the poor from starving. Then he tameth his stacks of corn, which not his covetousness, but providence, hath reserved for time of need.

Anagrams


Inari Sami

Noun

tame

  1. glue

Inflection

Inflection of tame[1]
singular plural
Nominative tame tameh
Accusative tame toomijd
Genitive tame tomij
toomij
Illative taman toomijd
Locative taameest toomijn
Comitative toomijn tomijguin
Abessive tamettáá tomijttáá
Essive tammeen
Partitive tammeed

References

  1. tame in Giellatekno Inari Sami paradigm generator

Japanese

Romanization

tame

  1. rōmaji reading of ため

Swedish

Adjective

tame

  1. absolute definite natural masculine form of tam.