Tame
noun
- 1.
- (Tamarind changed from a wild state, gentle, docile, dull) tame animal (សត្វ) ដែលសាំង, ដែលកាច់បានហើយ, tame existence ដែលសោះកក្រោះ (ការរស់នៅ)
verb — past tense: tamed ; past participle: tamed ; present participle: taming ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (To make tame, to make gentle, docile, to make less intense) tame a tiger ផ្សាំង
Example: The squirrels in the park are tame, Somary tamed the wild horse, Long years of hardship tamed my courage, a tame game; a tame book.tame the elements បង្ក្រាប
ENGLISH MEANING
adjective
- 1.
- Reduced from a state of native wildness and shyness; accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic; as, a tame deer, a tame bird.
- 2.
- Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.
- 3.
- Deficient in spirit or animation; spiritless; dull; flat; insipid; as, a tame poem; tame scenery.
verb — past tense: tamed ; past participle: tamed ; present participle: taming ;
- 1.
- To reduce from a wild to a domestic state; to make gentle and familiar; to reclaim; to domesticate; as, to tame a wild beast.
- 2.
- To subdue; to conquer; to repress; as, to tame the pride or passions of youth.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out.