tameness
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tame
(tām)adj. tam·er, tam·est
1. Brought from wildness into a domesticated or tractable state.
2. Naturally unafraid; not timid: "The sea otter is gentle and relatively tame" (Peter Matthiessen).
3. Submissive; docile; fawning: tame obedience.
4. Insipid; flat: a tame birthday party.
5. Sluggish; languid; inactive: a tame river.
tr.v. tamed, tam·ing, tames
1. To make tame; domesticate: tame a wild horse.
2. To subdue or curb: tamed his explosive anger.
3. To change from an uncontrolled or disorderly to a controlled state: needed some gel to tame his hair.
tam′a·ble, tame′a·ble adj.
tame′ly adv.
tame′ness n.
tam′er n.
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Noun | 1. | tameness - the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated dullness - the quality of lacking interestingness; "the stories were of a dullness to bring a buffalo to its knees" |
2. | tameness - the attribute of having been domesticated wildness - an intractably barbarous or uncultivated state of nature |
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Translations
تَدْجين، طاعَه
krotkostnuda
tamhed
deyfî; auîsveipni
krotkosť
evcillik
tameness
[ˈteɪmnɪs] N1. [of lion, tiger] → mansedumbre f; [of hedgehog, fox] → docilidad f, mansedumbre f
2. [of person] → sosería f; [of book, film] (= lacking excitement) → sosería f; (= lacking sex, violence) → falta f de atrevimiento
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tameness
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tame
(teim) adjective1. (of animals) used to living with people; not wild or dangerous. He kept a tame bear as a pet.
2. dull; not exciting. My job is very tame.
verb to make tame. It is impossible to tame some animals.
ˈtamely adverbˈtameness noun
ˈtameable adjective
(negative untameable) able to be tamed.
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