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tamed

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adjective

  1. (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.

  2. (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.

  3. (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.

  4. 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.

  5. deprived of courage, ardor, or zest:

    Tamed faith cannot dispel shame or reach out to lovingly reclaim someone who has gone astray.

  6. (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

  1. the simple past tense and past participle of tame.
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³Ü²Ô·³Ù²¹³¾±ð»å adjective
  • well-tamed adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tamed1

First recorded in 1580–90; tame + -ed 2( def ) for the adjective senses; tame + -ed 1( def ) for the verb sense
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"I screamed out for the falconer to come and help, and he came and tamed it."

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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.

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Animal rights campaigners in France are celebrating after a tamed wild boar facing the threat of death was allowed to stay with its owner.

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The smokestacks will reignite, The Other will be tamed, and life, and America, will be great again.

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In a belligerent California landscape only provisionally tamed by human hands, fire is an inevitability.

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