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tame
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tame
adj.
trained, domesticated; gentle; submissive, obedient; dull, boring
v.
domesticate; subdue, master; restrain, control
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TAME
TAME, pronounced tah may, (TAME EP Linea Aerea del Ecuador), is both the flag carrier and the largest airline of Ecuador, with its headquarters located in Quito, Pichincha. Its largest hub is Mariscal Sucre International Airport in Quito.
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Tame
Tame may refer to:
- Taming, the act of training wild animals
- River Tame, Greater Manchester
- River Tame, West Midlands and the Tame Valley
- Tame, Arauca, a Colombian town and municipality
- "Tame" (song), a song by the Pixies from their 1989 album Doolittle
- TAME (IATA code: EQ), flag carrier of Ecuador
- tert-Amyl methyl ether, an oxygenated chemical compound often added to gasoline.
- Tame.it, a context search engine for Twitter
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tame
Verb
1. correct by punishment or discipline
(synonym) chasten, subdue
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
2. make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"
(synonym) tone down, moderate
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
3. adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"
(synonym) domesticate, cultivate, naturalize, naturalise
(hypernym) adapt, accommodate
(classification) plant, flora, plant life
4. overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"
(synonym) domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) break in, break
(verb-group) domesticate
(derivation) tamer
(classification) animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
5. make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans; "The horse was domesticated a long time ago"; "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog"
(synonym) domesticate
(hypernym) adapt, accommodate
(verb-group) domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim
(classification) animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
Adjective
1. flat and uninspiring
(similar) unexciting
2. very restrained or quiet; "a tame Christmas party"; "she was one of the tamest and most abject creatures imaginable with no will or power to act but as directed"
(antonym) wild
(similar) subdued
(see-also) quiet
3. brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries"
(synonym) tamed
(antonym) wild, untamed
(similar) broken, broken in
(see-also) tractable, manipulable
(attribute) tameness, domestication
4. very docile; "tame obedience"; "meek as a mouse"- Langston Hughes
(synonym) meek
(similar) docile
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tame
příd.jm.
ochočený; nudný
v.
ochočit
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tame
Przym.
oswojony; nudny; nijaki
Czas.
oswajać
