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tamer; tamest
1
: reduced from a state of native wildness especially so as to be tractable and useful to humans : domesticated
tamely adverb
tameness noun
tamed; taming
1
a
: to reduce from a wild to a domestic state
b
: to subject to cultivation
c
: to bring under control : harness
: to become tame
tamer noun
Synonyms
Example Sentences
Adjective The island's birds are quite tame. They ran a pretty tame campaign. Some people were shocked by the movie, but I found the story pretty tame. Members of the audience were too tame to interrupt the speaker. Verb It took a while to tame the horse. the people who tamed the Wild West He struggled to tame his temper. The government needs to do something to tame inflation. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Vibhuti Agarwal, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022 In an attempt to tame inflation, the European Central Bank this week raised interest rates for the second time this year. Emily Rauhala, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2022 Applications for jobless aid fell last week to their lowest level since May, despite the Fed's moves to tame inflation, which usually tends to cool the job market as well. CBS News, 8 Sep. 2022 Applications for jobless aid fell last week to their lowest level since May, despite the Fed’s moves to tame inflation, which usually tends to cool the job market as well. Matt Ott, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2022 Initially, the slowdown put traders in a buying mood, stoking cautious optimism that the Federal Reserve may not need to raise interest rates as aggressively in its ongoing bid to tame inflation. Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2022 Chair Jerome Powell and other Fed officials have increasingly stressed their determination to tame inflation even at the cost of damaging the economy. Christopher Rugaber, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Sep. 2022 The report put traders in a buying mood, stoking cautious optimism that the Federal Reserve may not need to raise interest rates as aggressively in its ongoing bid to tame inflation. Alex Veiga, ajc, 2 Sep. 2022 The agency has boosted interest rates four times this year in a bid to tame inflation, a move that aims to reduce consumer spending and will likely cause businesses to slow or pause any expansion plans. Diti Kohli, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2022 Daniel Garisto, Scientific American, 8 Sep. 2022 The latest figures add pressure on European Central Bank officials to continue raising interest rates, which can tame inflation, but also stifle economic growth. BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2022 Together these two power players tame the others just enough, making the whole affair like a lion wearing a bowtie—poised on top but fierce underneath. Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appétit, 25 Aug. 2022 Today even computerized folders and advanced tools such as Google Search cannot tame the mammoth reach of our digital filing cabinets. Kate Cray, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2022 For medium and coarse hair types, nourishing creams and oils can tame unruly strands, make hair shinier and keep frizz at bay. Dori Price, Good Housekeeping, 3 June 2022 In Concentrate will tame your frizz and leave your curls shinier than ever. The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 May 2022 Some bonsai artists may tame an azalea down to a foot tall, but the flowers may be four inches across. al, 13 May 2022 At a press conference ahead of the vote, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was questioned on whether the bill could actually tame high -- but slightly cooling -- inflation in the next months. Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2022 See More
Adjective
The central bank has raised its key policy rate three times, by a total of 1.4 percentage points, since May, joining other central banks that have started tightening monetary policy in an effort to tame inflation. Vibhuti Agarwal, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022 In an attempt to tame inflation, the European Central Bank this week raised interest rates for the second time this year. Emily Rauhala, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2022 Applications for jobless aid fell last week to their lowest level since May, despite the Fed's moves to tame inflation, which usually tends to cool the job market as well. CBS News, 8 Sep. 2022 Applications for jobless aid fell last week to their lowest level since May, despite the Fed’s moves to tame inflation, which usually tends to cool the job market as well. Matt Ott, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2022 Initially, the slowdown put traders in a buying mood, stoking cautious optimism that the Federal Reserve may not need to raise interest rates as aggressively in its ongoing bid to tame inflation. Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2022 Chair Jerome Powell and other Fed officials have increasingly stressed their determination to tame inflation even at the cost of damaging the economy. Christopher Rugaber, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Sep. 2022 The report put traders in a buying mood, stoking cautious optimism that the Federal Reserve may not need to raise interest rates as aggressively in its ongoing bid to tame inflation. Alex Veiga, ajc, 2 Sep. 2022 The agency has boosted interest rates four times this year in a bid to tame inflation, a move that aims to reduce consumer spending and will likely cause businesses to slow or pause any expansion plans. Diti Kohli, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2022 Verb
Appealingly, a symmetry between force-carrying bosons and fermionic particles of matter could tame the uncontrolled Higgs mass (which the Standard Model otherwise predicts should be astronomically larger) and even act as dark matter. Daniel Garisto, Scientific American, 8 Sep. 2022 The latest figures add pressure on European Central Bank officials to continue raising interest rates, which can tame inflation, but also stifle economic growth. BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2022 Together these two power players tame the others just enough, making the whole affair like a lion wearing a bowtie—poised on top but fierce underneath. Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appétit, 25 Aug. 2022 Today even computerized folders and advanced tools such as Google Search cannot tame the mammoth reach of our digital filing cabinets. Kate Cray, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2022 For medium and coarse hair types, nourishing creams and oils can tame unruly strands, make hair shinier and keep frizz at bay. Dori Price, Good Housekeeping, 3 June 2022 In Concentrate will tame your frizz and leave your curls shinier than ever. The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 May 2022 Some bonsai artists may tame an azalea down to a foot tall, but the flowers may be four inches across. al, 13 May 2022 At a press conference ahead of the vote, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was questioned on whether the bill could actually tame high -- but slightly cooling -- inflation in the next months. Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Adjective
Middle English, from Old English tam; akin to Old High German zam tame, Latin domare to tame, Greek damnanai
First Known Use
Adjective
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a
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