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# tame

«tame» in Mova's school dictionary: **Of an animal: not wild or afraid of people, because it…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (tame, tamer, tamest); verb (tame, tames, tamed, taming)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Of an animal: not wild or afraid of people, because it has been trained or lives with people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tame/#m1)

2) (verb) To train a wild animal to live with people and obey them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tame/#m2)

3) Dull and not exciting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tame/#m3)

4) (verb) To control something strong or wild. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tame/#m4)

5) Tame can also describe a person who is meek and does what others tell them to do. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tame/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In science, people tamed wild animals long ago — wolves became dogs, wild cats became pets; tame animals live calmly with people. In safety, even an animal that seems tame can bite, and wild animals in parks are never tame. In stories, a hero tames a horse or a dragon; a tame ending is boring. Phrases: «tame animals», «tame a horse», «a tame ending».

### examples

- The deer in the park are quite tame. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tame/#x1)
- Long ago, people tamed wolves, and they became dogs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tame/#x2)
- The horse was hard to tame. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tame/#x3)
- Our pet rat is very tame and sits on my shoulder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tame/#x4)
- Even a tame animal may bite if it is frightened. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tame/#x5)
- The film was quite tame — not scary at all. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tame/#x6)
- She tamed her wild hair with a brush. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tame/#x7)
- A wild fox is not tame, so keep away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tame/#x8)
- I must talk it over with my tame sweetheart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tame/#x9)

### note

Comparatives: tamer, tamest. Opposite: «wild» or «fierce». Tame is not the same as «domesticated» (bred by people for many generations), though they are close.

### In the corpora

- [Zebras defend themselves with powerful kicks and bites that can badly injure a lion, and they have never been tamed like horses.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/25-horses-zebras-and-donkeys/13/)
- [Dogs came from wolves tamed more than 15,000 years ago, and even a Chihuahua has 42 teeth like a wolf.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/240-wolves-and-teamwork-family-packs-the-alpha-myth-and-hunting-together/14/)
- [The dog was the first animal people ever tamed, long before anyone farmed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/292-dogs-from-wolves-to-best-friends-living-with-dogs-today/0/)
- [Not every animal can be tamed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/293-horses-cattle-camels-and-chickens-how-people-tamed-animals/6/)
- [Horses were first tamed about 5,000 to 6,000 years ago on the grasslands of what are now Ukraine, Russia and Kazakhstan.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/293-horses-cattle-camels-and-chickens-how-people-tamed-animals/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «tame» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tame/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.