tame
Under human controlUnder human control.
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» Can you help me tame this horse?
Kannst du mir helfen, dieses Pferd zu zähmen? — Waldelfe
Könnt ihr mir helfen, dieses Pferd zu zähmen? — Waldelfe
Können Sie mir helfen, dieses Pferd zu zähmen? — Waldelfe
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
7 sensesUnder human control.
Docile or tranquil towards humans.
The lion was quite tame.
very docile
(figuratively)Of a person, well-behaved; not radical or extreme.
Not exciting.
This party is too tame for me.
For a thriller, that film was really tame.
zahm
приручённыйpriručónnyj, ручно́йručnój
Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.
Capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain.
(obsolete)Of a non-Westernised person, accustomed to European society.
Examples
52 sentencesCan you help me tame this horse?
deKannst du mir helfen, dieses Pferd zu zähmen? — Waldelfe
Tom caught a wolf and tried to tame it.
ruТом поймал волка и попытался приручить его. — odexed
The birds are so tame they will eat from your hand.
ruЭти птицы такие ручные, что будут есть с твоей руки. — Ooneykcall
deDie Vögel sind so zahm, sie werden dir aus der Hand fressen. — riotlake
This lion is very tame.
ruЭтот лев очень смирный. — Wezel
deDieser Löwe ist sehr zahm. — Luiaard
You can't tame a wolf.
ruВы не можете приручить волка. — odexed
deEinen Wolf kann man nicht zähmen. — jakov
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English tame, tome, weak inflection forms of Middle English tam, tom, from OldFrom Middle English tame, tome, weak inflection forms of Middle English tam, tom, from Old English tam, tom (“domesticated, tame”), from Proto-West Germanic *tam (“tame”), from Proto-Germanic *tamaz (“brought into the home, tame”), from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“to tame, dominate”).
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Forms
tamer, tamestSynonyms
6 synonymsAntonyms
2 antonymsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
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