TAME — ТЛУМАЧЕННЯ
tame
Correct by punishment or discipline.
Make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans.
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- The horse was domesticated a long time ago.
- The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog.
Overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable.
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- He tames lions for the circus.
- Reclaim falcons.
Adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment.
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- Domesticate oats.
- Tame the soil.
Make less strong or intense; soften.
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- Tone down that aggressive letter.
- The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements.
Flat and uninspiring.
Very docile.
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- Tame obedience.
- Meek as a mouse"- Langston Hughes.
Brought from wildness into a domesticated state.
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- Tame animals.
- Fields of tame blueberries.
Very restrained or quiet.
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- 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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