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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Tame \Tame\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tamed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Taming.] [AS. tamian, temian, akin to D. tammen, temmen, G.
z["a]hmen, OHG. zemmen, Icel. temja, Goth. gatamjan. See
Tame, a.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
They had not been tamed into submission, but baited
into savegeness and stubbornness. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
2. To subdue; to conquer; to repress; as, to tame the pride
or passions of youth.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Tame \Tame\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tamed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Taming.] [AS. tamian, temian, akin to D. tammen, temmen, G.
z["a]hmen, OHG. zemmen, Icel. temja, Goth. gatamjan. See
Tame, a.]
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.
They had not been tamed into submission, but baited
into savegeness and stubbornness. --Macaulay.
2. To subdue; to conquer; to repress; as, to tame the pride
or passions of youth.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
taming
n.
The process by which a person, animal or thing is tamed.
vb.
(present participle of en tame nocat=1)
Tausug n.
shield
Yakan n.
shield
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
taming
n.
The process by which a person, animal or thing is tamed.
vb.
(present participle of en tame nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
taming
n.
The process by which a person, animal or thing is tamed.
vb.
(present participle of en tame nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
taming
n.
The process by which a person, animal or thing is tamed.
vb.
(present participle of en tame nocat=1)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
taming
Englanti vb.
(en-v-taivm t am ing e)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
taming
Engelska a.
(avledning en tame ordform=prespart)
Engelska vb.
(böjning en verb tame)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Taming /tˈeɪmɪŋ/ الترويضFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
taming /tˈeɪmɪŋ/ ZähmungFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ], Bändigung
taming /tˈeɪmɪŋ/
bändigend, zähmend, in Zaum haltend
Synonym: subduing
see: subdue, tame, subdued, tamed, subdues, tames, subdued, tamed, subdued mood
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]taming /tˈeɪmɪŋ/ zähmend see: tame wild animals, tamed, tames, tamedFrom English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
taming /tˈeɪmɪŋ/From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]kesyttäminen process
taming /tˈeɪmɪŋ/ 1. megfékezés 2. szelídítés 3. megzabolázásFrom IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ˈteɪmɪŋ/
30 Moby Thesaurus words for "taming":
acclimation, acclimatization, accommodation, accustoming, adaption,
adjustment, breaking, breaking-in, case hardening, conditioning,
conquering, crushing, domestication, familiarization, gentling,
habituation, hardening, housebreaking, humbling, humiliation,
inurement, naturalization, orientation, quelling, reduction,
seasoning, subdual, suppression, training, treading down