tame

[US]/teɪm/
[UK]/teɪm/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. domesticated; dull; obedient
vt. domesticate; make bland
vi. become domesticated

Phrases & Collocations

tame animal

tame behavior

tame personality

Example Sentences

the battle to tame inflation.

a tame Christmas party.

tame a trouble-making river

The film has a tame ending.

White rats tame easily.

His job is to tame lions.

He is so tame that he agrees with everybody.

The party was tame because all the people were sleepy.

The creatures we were sent here to tame are un-tamable.

the fish are so tame you have to push them away from your face mask.

Indeed, while inflation remained tamed in 2005 and 2006, the price deflator for nonresidential construction, which measures construction costs, rose 11.7% in both years.

The respirometric activities of sludge before and after tame have been determined by the BOD Track, and the activity could be expressed by first slope of respirometric curve.

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