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tamed
[ teymd ]
adjective
- (of animals) changed from the wild or savage state, so as to be gentle and unafraid of humans; domesticated:
If released into the wild, a tamed lion is an easy target for hunters.
- (of a person or disposition) made tractable, docile, or submissive:
My whole life I have struggled not to become the tamed child of institutionalized education.
- (of natural resources, etc.) brought under control and into service; made useful and manageable:
When the dam was complete and the tamed river swelled into a lake, steamboats plied its waters for excursions.
- deprived of excitement, interest, attractiveness, or risk; made safe and dull:
According to Kloosterman, a “fully tamed city†is not just boring, but also stiffening—it stifles flexibility.
- deprived of courage, ardor, or zest:
Tamed faith cannot dispel shame or reach out to lovingly reclaim someone who has gone astray.
- (of land or plants) cultivated:
The vine is a tamed plant; its growth rate, amount of foliage, and fruit production are closely controlled by pruning and thinning.
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of tame.
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³Ü²Ô·³Ù²¹³¾±ð»å adjective
- well-tamed adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of tamed1
Example Sentences
"I screamed out for the falconer to come and help, and he came and tamed it."
And yet, unlike full-fledged fascists, Trump’s first days in power are also somehow unarticulated and uncoordinated and even tamed by the fact that the leader is clearly not a smart person.
Animal rights campaigners in France are celebrating after a tamed wild boar facing the threat of death was allowed to stay with its owner.
The smokestacks will reignite, The Other will be tamed, and life, and America, will be great again.
In a belligerent California landscape only provisionally tamed by human hands, fire is an inevitability.
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