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Grammar : Verb
Spell : teym
Phonetic Transcription : teɪm


Definition of tamed

Origin :
  • Old English tom, tam "domesticated, docile," from Proto-Germanic *tamaz (cf. Old Norse tamr, Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch tam, Old High German zam, German zahm "tame," Gothic tamjan "to tame"), from PIE *deme- "to constrain, to force, to break (horses)" (cf. Sanskrit damayati "tames;" Persian dam "a tame animal;" Greek daman "to tame, subdue," dmetos "tame;" Latin domare "to tame, subdue;" Old Irish damnaim "I tie up, fasten, I tame, subdue"). Possible ulterior connection with PIE *dem- "house, household" (see domestic). Meaning "spiritless, weak, dull" is recorded from c.1600.
  • verb domesticate, make compliant
Example sentences :
  • No one with the tamed soul and broken spirit of a slave can be free.
  • Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw
  • Some of these had indeed been tamed, but more had been degraded.
  • Extract from : « Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II » by Charlotte Mary Yonge
  • This animal may be tamed, and then becomes very frolicksome and full of tricks.
  • Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz
  • The crops continued to grow on the tamed black dirt of the planetoid.
  • Extract from : « Beside Still Waters » by Robert Sheckley
  • This was afore he got married, Sim; his wife's tamed him a little.
  • Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • His mom said, “Never be ashamed”, But classmates said, “He should be tamed!”
  • Extract from : « FreeChildrenStories.com Collection » by Daniel Errico
  • The tamers were now omnipotent in comparison with the tamed.
  • Extract from : « Is civilization a disease? » by Stanton Coit
  • In those days the Russians had not tamed the insolence of the Turkish people.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • The brute these two vagabonds had tamed had entered on its service while Heyst and Lena were away.
  • Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad
  • Wild beasts can be tamed by kindness, which makes these men wild.
  • Extract from : « Erasmus and the Age of Reformation » by Johan Huizinga

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