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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
bird2.
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. gatamjan
. 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 beastThey 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 youthWebster 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.
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
tame
English
Adjective
tame (comparative tamer, superlative tamest)
- Not or no longer wild; domesticated
- They have a tame wildcat.
- (chiefly of animals) Mild and well-behaved; accustomed to human contact
- The lion was quite tame.
- Not exciting
- This party is too tame for me.
- For a thriller, that film was really tame.
- Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.
- Roscommon
- tame slaves of the laborious plough
- Roscommon
- (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
not wild
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Verb
tame (third-person singular simple present tames, present participle taming, simple past and past participle tamed)
- (transitive) to make something tame
- He tamed the wild horse.
- (intransitive) to become tame
- 2006, Gayle Soucek, Doves (page 78)
- Tambourines are shy birds and do not tame easily.
- 2006, Gayle Soucek, Doves (page 78)
Derived terms
Translations
to make something tame
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to become tame
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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)
- (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.
- Fuller