Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - tame
Tame
tame
adj. & v. --adj. 1 (of an animal) domesticated; not wild or shy. 2 insipid; lacking spirit or interest; dull (tame acquiescence). 3 (of a person) amenable and available. 4 US a (of land) cultivated. b (of a plant) produced by cultivation. --v.tr. 1 make tame; domesticate; break in. 2 subdue, curb, humble; break the spirit of. Derivatives tamely adv. tameness n. tamer n. (also in comb.). Etymology: OE tam f. Gmc
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I. adjective (~r; ~st) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tam; akin to Old High German zam ~, Latin domare to ~, Greek damnanai Date: before 12th century reduced from a state of native wildness especially so as to be tractable and useful to humans ; domesticated , made docile and submissive ; subdued, lacking spirit, zest, interest, or the capacity to excite ; insipid , ~ly adverb ~ness noun II. verb (~d; taming) Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to reduce from a wild to a domestic state, to subject to cultivation, to bring under control ; harness, to deprive of spirit ; humble, subdue , to tone down ; soften , intransitive verb to become ~, tamable or ~able adjective ~r noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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