Synonym: gentle, mild, obedient, temperate. Antonym: wild. Similar words: first amendment, tamil, stamp, tamper, bantam, vitamin, stammer, stamp out. Meaning: [teɪm] v. 1. correct by punishment or discipline 2. make less strong or intense; soften 3. adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment 4. overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable 5. make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans. adj. 1. flat and uninspiring 2. very restrained or quiet 3. brought from wildness into a domesticated state 4. very docile.
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121. But today, thanks in large part to Abdullah's efforts to "tame Wahhabi zeal, " the most retrograde country has taken some cautious steps to join the modern world.
122. But there was one tame when Mr. Hua got a great fright.
123. Bellerophon, a lesser-known Greek god, longed to capture and tame Pegasus.sentence dictionary
124. To reduce to subjugation; break or tame ( an animal, for example ).
125. So I e'en let him out, and he ran away as if he had been frighted out of his Wits: But I had forgot then what I learn'd afterwards, that Hunger will tame a Lyon.
126. A perfect companion for a big pot of pasta, this nylon spaghetti server can tame those wild spaghetti, linguine, or fettuccine noodles that so easily elude a common spoon or fork.
127. No man can tame a tiger into a kitten by stroking it.
128. Horses have degenerated to the tame animals in the zoo, as well as zoetic toys in children's eyes.
129. Two regiments of cavalry were called out to tame the crowds.
130. The U.S. macroeconomy has been so tame for so long that it's impossible to get an accurate reading about depression odds just from the U.S. data.
131. " No, I wasn't behind you, I've been here for some tame.
132. If your goal is to get a tame tegu we recommend that you start out with a young tegu as those are most easily tamed.
133. One very English superstition concerns the tame Ravens at the Tower of London.
134. They have suggested that China should further deregulate its economy, let the renminbi appreciate and otherwise rely on market forces to tame inflation.
135. It may be risque or a more tame form of praise, depending on her body language toward you.
136. The job of the Treasury Secretary is chiefly that of a horse whisperer, to tame skittish financial markets by talking sweetly, if sometimes obliquely, into their ears.
137. Tame your stress. If stress contributes to your emotional eating, try a stress management technique, such as yoga, meditation or relaxation.
138. If these don't work, trying to style the hair in the direction of the cowlick's growth pattern should help tame the little beast.
139. The catalyst has high catalytic activity and excellent stability, both the conversion rate of TAME and the selectivity of isoamylene can be over 99%.