tame

  • 31tame — I. adjective (tamer; tamest) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tam; akin to Old High German zam tame, Latin domare to tame, Greek damnanai Date: before 12th century 1. reduced from a state of native wildness especially so as to be… …

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  • 32tame — 1. adjective teɪm a) Not or no longer wild; domesticated They have a tame wildcat. b) Mild and well behaved; accustomed to human contact The lion was quite tame. Ant: wild …

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  • 33tame — 1. adjective 1) a tame elephant Syn: domesticated, domestic, docile, tamed, broken, trained; gentle, mild; pet, housebroken; chiefly Brit. house trained Ant: wild, f …

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  • 34tame — [OE] Tame evolved from a prehistoric Germanic *tamaz, which also produced German zahm and Dutch tam. This in turn was descended from the Indo European base *dom , which also lay behind Latin domāre ‘tame, subdue’ (source of English daunt [13] and …

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  • 35tame — 1. adjective 1) a tame elephant Syn: domesticated, docile, broken, trained, gentle, mild, pet 2) a tame affair Syn: unexciting, uninteresting, uninspiring, dull …

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  • 36tame — [OE] Tame evolved from a prehistoric Germanic *tamaz, which also produced German zahm and Dutch tam. This in turn was descended from the Indo European base *dom , which also lay behind Latin domāre ‘tame, subdue’ (source of English daunt [13] and …

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  • 37Tame — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Tame (homonymie). Tame est la compagnie aérienne nationale de l Équateur. En 2006, elle assure des vols vers 14 destinations nationales et 4 internationales et transporte environ 3 000 passagers par jour. La… …

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  • 38Tame — Original name in latin Tame Name in other language TME, Tam, Tame, Там State code CO Continent/City America/Bogota longitude 6.461 latitude 71.73004 altitude 322 Population 29099 Date 2012 01 19 …

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  • 39tame — 1 adjective 1 informal boring or unexciting and disappointing: After all that hype, the film was a bit tame. 2 an animal that is tame has been trained to live with people tamely adverb tameness noun (U) 2 verb (T) 1 to reduce the power or… …

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  • 40tame — [teɪm] adj I 1) a tame animal has been trained not to attack people Ant: wild 2) not exciting, powerful, or dangerous enough tamely adv II verb [T] tame [teɪm] to train an animal not to attack people …

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