to tame
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3.0
- verb
- /teɪm/
:
domar
- Brazilian inflation has not been decisively tamed, but by some measures, it hardly seems to matter.
- tame inflation
- tame animals
- tame nature
And man, so learning how to tame the monkey mind was through breath.
- And man, so learning how to tame the monkey mind was through breath.
- It takes a higher being to tame these animals.
- It's because they never really learn to tame the corporations.
- Putting it on paper has significantly helped me tame all of that.
- So that's something else that I should maybe be working on taming in my behavior.
- I have proof Makuto uses what I'm about to teach you to tame OCD.
- They were to procreate, they were to tame and dominate the environment together.
- But are even these giant heat sinks enough to tame the beast?
- And thus the chaos is tamed and the piece of construction becomes a garment.
- And I think psychologists often say name it to tame it.
Examples
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To tame the unruly dog, the trainer used treats and positive reinforcement techniques.
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Music alone can still tame the beast in man.
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Instead, I may learn to tame it instead of fear it.
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And then you can tame him.
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I could tame one of those.
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I am a soldier who, with a single word, can tame people and animals.
Academic text (1999) -
King Eel the Young was the first to tame one of their kind.
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And then I've started to tame it as the years go by.
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Someone remind me to tame it ASAP.
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And thus our aspirant will have to venture out to tame the beast.
Synonyms
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4.6
To keep someone or something under control, for example by limiting spending
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5.5
To bring a person or thing under control, often by force
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4.1
To make wild animals or plants useful to people, for example by taming them
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5.6
To make a wild animal calm and accept people
To make a wild animal or plant tame so it can live with people and provide food
Idioms
- Informal
A saying that you should not expect a wild person or thing to behave calmly
How Tame
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tame, as a verb, originally meant 'to bring under control', like training a wild animal until it is calm, so to tame something today is to make it less wild or easier to control.