tamea'bility
World English Dictionary
tame (teɪm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | changed by man from a naturally wild state into a tractable, domesticated, or cultivated condition |
| 2. | (of animals) not fearful of human contact |
| 3. | lacking in spirit or initiative; meek or submissive: a tame personality |
| 4. | flat, insipid, or uninspiring: a tame ending to a book |
| 5. | slow-moving: a tame current |
| —vb | |
| 6. | to make tame; domesticate |
| 7. | to break the spirit of, subdue, or curb |
| 8. | to tone down, soften, or mitigate |
| [Old English tam; related to Old Norse tamr, Old High German zam] | |
| 'tamable | |
| —adj | |
| 'tameable | |
| —adj | |
| tama'bility | |
| —n | |
| tamea'bility | |
| —n | |
| 'tamableness | |
| —n | |
| 'tameableness | |
| —n | |
| 'tameless | |
| —adj | |
| 'tamely | |
| —adv | |
| 'tameness | |
| —n | |
| 'tamer | |
| —n | |
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