taming

Definition of taming in English English dictionary: {i} act of domesticating; act of bringing into submission; present participle of tame
Taming of the Shrew: comedy by William Shakespeare
Taming of the Shrew: a humorous play by William Shakespeare about a woman called Kate. Kate is very honest and always tells people exactly what she thinks, and because of this some people think she is rude and unpleasant. But she eventually begins to behave like a quiet and obedient wife when Petruchio marries her
tame: Capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain
tame: Not or no longer wild; domesticated
They have a tame wildcat.
tame: Mild and well-behaved; accustomed to human contact
The lion was quite tame.
tame: Not exciting
This party is too tame for me.
tame: to make something [[#Adjective|tame]]
He tamed the wild horse.
tame: to become [[#Adjective|tame]]
tame: {v} to make gentle, humble, subdue, crush
tame: {a} not wild, gentle, dull, spiritless, subdued
tame: Deficient in spirit or animation; spiritless; dull; flat; insipid; as, a tame poem; tame scenery
tame: make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"
tame: to become tame
tame: Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless
tame: not wild; domestic, mild, well-behaved
tame: to make something tame
tame: very restrained or quiet; "a tame Christmas party"; "she was one of the tamest and most abject creatures imaginable with no will or power to act but as directed
tame: make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans; "The horse was domesticated a long time ago"; "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog"
tame: flat and uninspiring
tame: correct by punishment or discipline
tame: overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"
tame: To subdue; to conquer; to repress; as, to tame the pride or passions of youth
tame: disapproval If you say that something or someone is tame, you are criticizing them for being weak and uninteresting, rather than forceful or shocking. Some of today's political demonstrations look rather tame + tamely tame·ly There was no excuse though when Thomas shot tamely wide from eight yards
tame: Reduced from a state of native wildness and shyness; accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic; as, a tame deer, a tame bird
tame: A tame animal or bird is one that is not afraid of humans. The deer never became tame; they would run away if you approached them
tame: To reduce from a wild to a domestic state; to make gentle and familiar; to reclaim; to domesticate; as, to tame a wild beast
tame: {s} trained, domesticated; gentle; submissive, obedient; dull, boring
tame: brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries"
tame: {f} domesticate; subdue, master; restrain, control
tame: correct by punishment or discipline flat and uninspiring brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries"
tame: very docile; "tame obedience"; "meek as a mouse"- Langston Hughes
tame: If someone tames a wild animal or bird, they train it not to be afraid of humans and to do what they say. The Amazons were believed to have been the first to tame horses
tame: To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out
tame: adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"