Meaning of "tame" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TAME

Old English tam; related to Old Norse tamr, Old High German zam.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF TAME

tame  [teɪm]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TAME

Tame is a verb and can also act as an adjective.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb tame in English.

WHAT DOES TAME MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of tame in the English dictionary

The first definition of tame in the dictionary is changed by man from a naturally wild state into a tractable, domesticated, or cultivated condition. Other definition of tame is not fearful of human contact. Tame is also lacking in spirit or initiative; meek or submissive.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO TAME

PRESENT

Present

I tame

you tame

he/she/it tames

we tame

you tame

they tame

Present continuous

I am taming

you are taming

he/she/it is taming

we are taming

you are taming

they are taming

Present perfect

I have tamed

you have tamed

he/she/it has tamed

we have tamed

you have tamed

they have tamed

Present perfect continuous

I have been taming

you have been taming

he/she/it has been taming

we have been taming

you have been taming

they have been taming

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I tamed

you tamed

he/she/it tamed

we tamed

you tamed

they tamed

Past continuous

I was taming

you were taming

he/she/it was taming

we were taming

you were taming

they were taming

Past perfect

I had tamed

you had tamed

he/she/it had tamed

we had tamed

you had tamed

they had tamed

Past perfect continuous

I had been taming

you had been taming

he/she/it had been taming

we had been taming

you had been taming

they had been taming

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will tame

you will tame

he/she/it will tame

we will tame

you will tame

they will tame

Future continuous

I will be taming

you will be taming

he/she/it will be taming

we will be taming

you will be taming

they will be taming

Future perfect

I will have tamed

you will have tamed

he/she/it will have tamed

we will have tamed

you will have tamed

they will have tamed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been taming

you will have been taming

he/she/it will have been taming

we will have been taming

you will have been taming

they will have been taming

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would tame

you would tame

he/she/it would tame

we would tame

you would tame

they would tame

Conditional continuous

I would be taming

you would be taming

he/she/it would be taming

we would be taming

you would be taming

they would be taming

Conditional perfect

I would have tame

you would have tame

he/she/it would have tame

we would have tame

you would have tame

they would have tame

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been taming

you would have been taming

he/she/it would have been taming

we would have been taming

you would have been taming

they would have been taming

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you tame
we let´s tame
you tame

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to tame

Past participle

tamed

Present Participle

taming

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «TAME»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «tame» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of tame

amenable · bland · boring · break in · bridle · broken · compliant · conquer · curb · discipline · docile · domesticate · domesticated · dull · enslave · fearless · flat · gentle · house-train · humble · humdrum · insipid · lifeless · manageable · master · meek · obedient · pacify · prosaic · repress · spiritless · subdue · subdued · subjugate · submissive · suppress · tedious · tiresome · tractable · train · unafraid · unexciting · uninspiring · uninteresting · unresisting · vapid · wearisome

TRANSLATION OF TAME

Find out the translation of tame to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of tame from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tame» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 驯服的
• Translator English - Spanish: manso
• English: tame
• Translator English - Hindi: वश
• Translator English - Arabic: مُرَوَّض
• Translator English - Russian: прирученный
• Translator English - Portuguese: obediente
• Translator English - Bengali: গৃহপালিত
• Translator English - French: apprivoisé
• Translator English - Malay: Jinak
• Translator English - German: zahm
• Translator English - Japanese: 飼いならされた
• Translator English - Korean: 길들여진
• Translator English - Javanese: Tame
• Translator English - Vietnamese: thuần
• Translator English - Tamil: வழிக்கு
• Translator English - Marathi: वतन
• Translator English - Turkish: ehlileştirmek
• Translator English - Italian: domestico
• Translator English - Polish: oswojony
• Translator English - Ukrainian: ручний
• Translator English - Romanian: domestic
• Translator English - Greek: εξημερωμένος
• Translator English - Afrikaans: mak
• Translator English - Swedish: tam
• Translator English - Norwegian: tam

10 QUOTES WITH «TAME»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word tame.

1

Spiro T. Agnew

Three things have been difficult to tame: the oceans, fools and women. We may soon be able to tame the oceans; fools and women will take a little longer.

2

David Attenborough

Birds are the most popular group in the animal kingdom. We feed them and tame them and think we know them. And yet they inhabit a world which is really rather mysterious.

3

Abu Bakar Bashir

Today the Western powers and media want to domesticate us like sheep, to keep us tame and domesticated.

4

Zygmunt Bauman

Attempts to tame the wayward and domesticate the riotous, to make the unknowable predictable and enchain the free-roaming - all such things sound the death knell to love.

5

Traci Bingham

My fiance and I had a few problems working through some of the things that he saw me say and do on the 'Surreal Life.' Considering the company that I was in, Ron Jeremy and Trishelle from 'The Real World,' I think I was pretty tame.

6

Andrew Denton

If Antarctica were music it would be Mozart. Art, and it would be Michelangelo. Literature, and it would be Shakespeare. And yet it is something even greater; the only place on earth that is still as it should be. May we never tame it.

7

Sarah Dessen

My books are so tame!

8

Isadora Duncan

You were once wild here. Don't let them tame you.

9

John Eldredge

The early Celtic Christians called the Holy Spirit 'the wild goose.' And the reason why is they knew that you cannot tame him.

10

B. C. Forbes

Golf without bunkers and hazards would be tame and monotonous. So would life.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAME»

Discover the use of tame in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tame and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

To Tame a Highland Warrior

"Born to a clan of warriors of supernatural strength, Gavrael McIllioch had abandoned his name and castle in an effort to escape the dark fate of his ancestors, and watches over ravishing Jillian St. Clair from afar, but when her father ...

Karen Marie Moning, 2009

Tame the Primitive Brain: 28 Ways in 28 Days to Manage the ...

Useful. Useful. This is neuroscience for the rest of us. Well researched, clear, and insightful, Tame the Primitive Brain is a toolbox of smart ideas that help foster you and me relating to one another effectively.

Mark Bowden, 2013

Asymptotic Behaviour of Tame Harmonic Bundles and an ...

The author studies the asymptotic behaviour of tame harmonic bundles.

Takuro Mochizuki

If You Tame Me: Understanding Our Connection With Animals

Leslie Irvine's If You Tame Me challenges these entrenched views by demonstrating that our experience of animals and their behavior tells a different story.

Leslie Irvine, 2008

Tame Topology and O-minimal Structures

The remarkable combinatorial property of o-minimal structures, the Vapnik-Chervonenkis property, is also covered. This book should be of interest to model theorists, analytic geometers and topologists.

Lou Van den Dries, 1998

Some Tame Gazelle

'It was odd that Harriet should always have been so fond of curates.

Barbara Pym, 2011

Tame Your Terrible Office Tyrant: How to Manage Childish ...

When bad bosses run amok in companies, nobody wins. This book shows readers how to build positive relationships with even the most out-of-control boss, and still thrive in your job.

Lynn Taylor, 2009

Tame Passions of Wilde: The Styles of Manageable Desire

Assigning Wilde a place of honor in a heady company of thinkers drawn from the ranks of philosophy, sociology, economics, psychoanalysis, and contemporary queer theory--Kant, Marx, Simmel, Weber, Freud, Hannah Arendt, Albert O. Hirschman, ...

Jeff Nunokawa, 2009

Tame, Messy and Wicked Risk Leadership

Mr David Hancock. closer to the higher performers; or attempting to spread the money and time in all and raise the median for the group. The route you are likely to choose will depend less on some scientific evaluation of cause and effect and  ...

Mr David Hancock, 2012

How to Tame a Bully

Kids will relate to the familiar situations depicted in the story — being at a new school, making new friends, collaborating on a school project, and bullying.

Nancy Wilcox Richards, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TAME»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tame is used in the context of the following news items.

Tame Impala

But not exactly like this, because that's all hypothetical and Tame Impala are, for all intents and purposes, real. A thing you can hear rather than simply imagine. «The Quietus, Jul 15»

Tame Impala's Kevin Parker Is Ready to Jump From Reclusive …

Parker and Tame Impala (which includes keyboardist/guitarists Dominic Simper and Jay Watson, bassist Cam Avery and drummer Julien Barbagallo when the ... «Billboard, Jul 15»

Tame Impala: Currents review – one of the year's great heartbreak …

Tame Impala fans would be wise to regard the band's third album not as a Tame Impala album at all, but one by a band called something like Domesticated ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

First Listen: Tame Impala, 'Currents'

Tame Impala's Kevin Parker is a relentless tinkerer: His songs have an impeccable, fussed-over quality, to the point where fussy impeccability could easily seem ... «NPR, Jul 15»

Tame Impala's Kevin Parker, from psych-rock stoner to disco infiltrator

They may have brought psych rock to the masses, but Tame Impala's new album channels the Bee Gees and Goan beach raves. Their frontman explains why… «The Guardian, Jul 15»

Kevin Parker Opens Up On Tame Impala Missing Money Saga

Tame Impala frontman Kevin Parker has opened up to theMusic.com.au regarding the saga that took place last week, which saw BMG make allegations against ... «theMusic, Jun 15»

Lawsuit Filed Over Missing Tame Impala Royalties

Tame Impala's previous releases—including 2010's Innerspeaker, 2012's Lonerism—were put out by Modular, an Australian record label. Now, Modular and the ... «Pitchfork Media, Jun 15»

Puppet versions of Tame Impala star in “'Cause I'm a Man” video …

Just last week, Tame Impala released the computer animated video for their single “'Cause I'm a Man”, and now they're back with a live take. Well, sort of. «Consequence of Sound, May 15»

Tame Impala on club-friendly new album: 'I realised we'd never seen …

Tame Impala have discussed the sonic shift of their upcoming album, describing the ... "I just realised that I'd never heard Tame Impala played somewhere with a ... «NME.com, May 15»

11 photos from Tame Impala at Shaky Knees Festival

11 photos from Tame Impala at Shaky Knees Festival ... 10 May: Tame Impala played a headline slot at Shaky Knees Festival in Atlanta, Georgia on Sunday ... «Gigwise, May 15»