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# tame

adjective (tame, tamer, tamest); verb (tame, tames, tamed, taming)

«tame» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Of an animal: not wild or afraid of people, because it has been trained or lives with people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tame/#m1)
2. (verb) To train a wild animal to live with people and obey them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tame/#m2)
3. Dull and not exciting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tame/#m3)
4. (verb) To control something strong or wild. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tame/#m4)
5. Tame can also describe a person who is meek and does what others tell them to do. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tame/#m5)

### In the lessons

In science, people tamed wild animals long ago — wolves became dogs, wild cats became pets; tame animals live calmly with people. In safety, even an animal that seems tame can bite, and wild animals in parks are never tame. In stories, a hero tames a horse or a dragon; a tame ending is boring. Phrases: «tame animals», «tame a horse», «a tame ending».

### Examples

- The deer in the park are quite tame. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tame/#x1)
- Long ago, people tamed wolves, and they became dogs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tame/#x2)
- The horse was hard to tame. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tame/#x3)
- Our pet rat is very tame and sits on my shoulder. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tame/#x4)
- Even a tame animal may bite if it is frightened. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tame/#x5)
- The film was quite tame — not scary at all. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tame/#x6)
- She tamed her wild hair with a brush. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tame/#x7)
- A wild fox is not tame, so keep away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tame/#x8)
- I must talk it over with my tame sweetheart. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tame/#x9)

### Note

Comparatives: tamer, tamest. Opposite: «wild» or «fierce». Tame is not the same as «domesticated» (bred by people for many generations), though they are close.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «tame» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tame/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tame» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tame.html) on Mova free.