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tame
verb
1 tame
Correct by punishment or discipline.
synonyms: chasten, subdue.
Roget 749:
be subject
etc.
adj.;
be at the mercy of,
lie at the mercy of;
depend upon,
lean upon,
hang upon;
fall a prey to,
fall under;
play second fiddle.
be a mere machine,
be a puppet,
be a football;
not dare to say one's soul is his own;
drag a chain.
serve
etc.
746;
obey
etc.
743;
submit
etc.
725.
break in,
tame;
subject,
subjugate;
master
etc.
731;
tread down,
tread under foot;
weigh down;
drag at one's chariot wheels;
reduce to subjection,
reduce to slavery;
enthrall,
inthrall†,
bethrall†;
enslave,
lead captive;
take into custody
etc.
(restrain)
751;
rule
etc.
737;
drive into a corner,
hold at the sword's point;
keep under;
hold in bondage,
hold in leading strings,
hold in swaddling clothes.
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Roget 174:
be moderate
etc.
adj.;
keep within bounds,
keep within compass;
sober down,
settle down;
keep the peace,
remit,
relent,
take in sail.
moderate,
soften,
mitigate,
temper,
accoy†;
attemper†,
contemper†;
mollify,
lenify†,
dulcify†,
dull,
take off the edge,
blunt,
obtund†,
sheathe,
subdue,
chasten;
sober down,
tone down,
smooth down;
weaken
etc.
160;
lessen
etc.
(decrease)
36;
check palliate.
tranquilize,
pacify,
assuage,
appease,
swag,
lull,
soothe,
compose,
still,
calm,
calm down,
cool,
quiet,
hush,
quell,
sober,
pacify,
tame,
damp,
lay,
allay,
rebate,
slacken,
smooth,
alleviate,
rock to sleep,
deaden,
smooth,
throw cold water on,
throw a wet blanket over,
turn off;
slake;
curb
etc.
(restrain)
751;
tame
etc.
(subjugate)
749;
smooth over;
pour oil on the waves,
pour oil on the troubled waters;
pour balm into,
mattre de l'eau dans son vin [Fr.].
go out like a lamb,
roar you as gently as any sucking dove"
[Midsummer-Night's Dream].
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Roget 537:
teach,
instruct,
educate,
edify,
school,
tutor;
cram,
prime,
coach;
enlighten
etc.
(inform)
527.
inculcate,
indoctrinate,
inoculate,
infuse,
instill,
infix,
ingraft†,
infiltrate;
imbue,
impregnate,
implant;
graft,
sow the seeds of,
disseminate.
given an idea of;
put up to,
put in the way of;
set right.
sharpen the wits,
enlarge the mind;
give new ideas,
open the eyes,
bring forward,
teach the young idea how to shoot"
[Thomson];
improve
etc.
658.
expound
etc.
(interpret)
522;
lecture;
read a lesson,
give a lesson,
give a lecture,
give a sermon,
give a discourse;
incept†;
hold forth,
preach;
sermonize,
moralize;
point a moral.
train,
discipline;
bring up,
bring up to;
form,
ground,
prepare,
qualify;
drill,
exercise,
practice,
habituate,
familiarize with,
nurture,
drynurse†,
breed,
rear,
take in hand;
break,
break in;
tame;
preinstruct†;
initiate;
inure
etc.
(habituate)
613.
put to nurse,
send to school.
direct,
guide;
direct attention to
etc.
(attention)
457;
impress upon the mind,
impress upon the memory;
beat into,
beat into the head;
convince
etc.
(belief)
484.
[instructional materials]
book,
workbook,
exercise book.
[unnecessary teaching]
preach to the wise,
teach one's grandmother to suck eggs,
teach granny to suck eggs;
preach to the converted.
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2 tame
Make less strong or intense; soften:
— The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements.
synonyms: moderate, tone down.
3 tame
Adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment:
— Tame the soil.
synonyms: cultivate, domesticate, naturalise, naturalize.
Roget 370:
tame,
domesticate,
acclimatize,
breed,
tend,
break in,
train;
cage,
bridle,
etc.
(restrain)
751.
4 tame
5 tame
Make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans:
— The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog.
synonym: domesticate.
Dutch: domesticeren
adjective
1 tame
Flat and uninspiring.
Roget 575:
feeble,
bald,
tame,
meager,
jejune,
vapid,
bland,
trashy,
lukewarm,
cold,
frigid,
poor,
dull,
dry,
languid;
colorless,
enervated;
proposing,
prosy,
prosaic;
unvaried,
monotonous,
weak,
washy,
wishy-washy;
sketchy,
slight.
careless,
slovenly,
loose,
lax
(negligent)
460;
slipshod,
slipslop†;
inexact;
puerile,
childish;
flatulent;
rambling
etc.
(diffuse)
573.
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Roget 174:
moderate;
lenient
etc.
740;
gentle,
mild,
mellow;
cool,
sober,
temperate,
reasonable,
measured;
tempered
etc.
v.;
calm,
unruffled,
quiet,
tranquil,
still;
slow,
smooth,
untroubled;
tame;
peaceful,
peaceable;
pacific,
halcyon.
unexciting,
unirritating†;
soft,
bland,
oily,
demulcent,
lenitive,
anodyne;
hypnotic
etc.
683;
sedative;
antiorgastic†,
anaphrodisiac†.
mild as mother's milk;
milk and water.
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Roget 823:
insensible,
unconscious;
impassive,
impassible;
blind to,
deaf to,
dead to;
unsusceptible,
insusceptible;
unimpressionable†,
unimpressible†;
passionless,
spiritless,
heartless,
soulless;
unfeeling,
unmoral.
apathetic;
leuco-†,
phlegmatic;
dull,
frigid;
cold blooded,
cold hearted;
cold as charity;
flat,
maudlin,
obtuse,
inert,
supine,
sluggish,
torpid,
torpedinous†,
torporific†;
sleepy
etc.
(inactive)
683;
languid,
half-hearted,
tame;
numbed;
comatose;
anaesthetic
etc.
376;
stupefied,
chloroformed,
drugged,
stoned;
palsy-stricken.
indifferent,
lukewarm;
careless,
mindless,
regardless;
inattentive
etc.
458;
neglectful
etc.
460;
disregarding.
unconcerned,
nonchalant,
pococurante†,
insouciant,
sans souci [Fr.];
unambitious
etc.
866.
unaffected,
unruffled,
unimpressed,
uninspired,
unexcited,
unmoved,
unstirred,
untouched,
unshocked†,
unstruck†;
unblushing
etc.
(shameless)
885;
unanimated;
vegetative.
callous,
thick-skinned,
hard-nosed,
pachydermatous,
impervious;
hardened;
inured,
casehardened;
steeled against,
proof against;
imperturbable
etc.
(inexcitable)
826†;
unfelt.
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Roget 172:
inert,
inactive,
passive;
torpid
etc.
683;
sluggish,
dull,
heavy,
flat,
slack,
tame,
slow,
blunt;
unreactive;
lifeless,
dead,
uninfluential†.
latent,
dormant,
smoldering,
unexerted†.
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Roget 370:
pastoral,
bucolic;
tame,
domestic.
2 tame
Very restrained or quiet.
3 tame
Brought from wildness into a domesticated state:
— Tame animals.
— Fields of tame blueberries.
synonym: tamed.
4 tame
Very docile:
— Tame obedience.
synonym: meek.
Roget 826:
inexcitable†,
unexcitable;
imperturbable;
unsusceptible
etc.
(insensible)
823;
unpassionate†,
dispassionate;
cold-blooded,
irritable;
enduring
etc.
v.;
stoical,
Platonic,
philosophic,
staid,
stayed;
sober,
sober minded;
grave;
sober as a judge,
grave as a judge;
sedate,
demure,
cool-headed.
easy-going,
peaceful,
placid,
calm;
quiet as a mouse;
tranquil,
serene;
cool as a cucumber,
cool as a custard;
undemonstrative.
temperate
etc.
(moderate)
174;
composed,
collected;
unexcited,
unstirred,
unruffled,
undisturbed,
unperturbed,
unimpassioned;
unoffended†;
unresisting.
meek,
tolerant;
patient,
patient as Job;
submissive
etc.
725;
tame;
content,
resigned,
chastened,
subdued,
lamblike†;
gentle as a lamb;
suaviter in modo [Lat.];
mild as mothers milk;
soft as peppermint;
armed with patience,
bearing with,
clement,
long-suffering.
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