tame
/teɪm/verb
उच्चारण टेम
पालतू बनाना, वश में करना
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[T] ~ sth
to make a wild animal used to living with or working for people
पालतू बनाना, वश में करना
- The elephants were tamed and trained to carry logs.
- Man first tamed the dog and then the horse.
- The villagers tamed a young elephant to help in the fields.
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- It takes patience to tame a wild bird.
- He tamed the horse in a few weeks.
Synonyms domesticate train break in
Opposite release let loose
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[T] ~ sth
to control something dangerous or powerful and make it less so
(शक्तिशाली चीज़ को) नियंत्रण में लाना, काबू करना
- The dam tamed the river that had flooded the valley every year.
- The coach taught him to tame his temper.
- Engineers tamed the river with a series of dams.
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- It took years for the new government to tame inflation.
- She tried to tame her fear of public speaking.
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(of animals) not afraid of people and used to living with them
पालतू, सधा हुआ (जानवर)
- The deer in the park are quite tame and will eat from your hand.
- The monkey was so tame that it ate from the child's palm.
- The parrot is quite tame and sits on her shoulder.
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- Deer in the temple garden are tame and are fed by visitors.
- Our dog is tame, but it still barks at strangers.
Synonyms domesticated docile gentle
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informal
not interesting or exciting
फीका, नीरस, जिसमें रोमांच न हो
- The film's ending was rather tame after all the build-up.
- The sequel is tame compared with the first film.
- The match was a tame draw with few chances for either side.
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- I found the book rather tame after the exciting first chapter.
- The speech was tame and did not please the crowd.
Synonyms dull flat unexciting
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
tame (adjective) animal
A tame animal is not afraid of humans and is not wild.
पालतू जैसा जानवर इंसानों से नहीं डरता और जंगली नहीं होता।
- The tame deer ate from his hand.
- A tame parrot lived in the courtyard.
tame + sth (verb)
To make a wild animal obedient, or to control something fierce.
जंगली जानवर को आज्ञाकारी बनाना या किसी उग्र चीज़ को नियंत्रित करना।
- Circus trainers tame lions.
- Engineers tried to tame the river with dams.
tame (adjective) = dull
For a story, match or reply, it means not exciting and rather weak.
कहानी, मैच या उत्तर के लिए इसका अर्थ फीका और कमज़ोर है।
- The match ended in a tame draw.
- The film's ending was tame.
tame vs domesticated
Tame describes one animal made used to people; domesticated describes a whole species bred over time.
'Tame' एक जानवर के बारे में है; 'domesticated' पूरी प्रजाति के बारे में।
- A cow is domesticated, but a tame tiger is not.
+Collocations 4
tame + noun
animalbirdelephantendingresponsematch
- The tame elephant walked in the temple procession.
adjective + tame
quitesurprisinglyalmostcompletelyrelatively
- The crowd found the speech surprisingly tame.
verb + tame
try tolearn torefuse tomanage tofail to
- Nobody could tame the stallion.
tame + the + noun
tame the wildtame the floodstame inflationtame the temper
- The government wants to tame inflation.
“More examples 5
- Radhika fed the tame squirrel in the garden.
राधिका ने बगीचे की पालतू गिलहरी को खिलाया।
- The gladiators were weak, and the fight was tame.
योद्धा कमज़ोर थे और लड़ाई फीकी रही।
- It took years to tame the wild river.
जंगली नदी को वश में करने में वर्षों लगे।
- The tiger cub became tame after months of care.
महीनों की देखभाल के बाद बाघ का बच्चा पालतू जैसा हो गया।
- The opposition's reply was tame and failed to excite anyone.
विपक्ष का उत्तर फीका था और किसी को उत्साहित नहीं कर सका।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ Tame animals are not fear of humans.
✓ Tame animals are not afraid of humans.
Fear is a noun; the adjective afraid is needed after are not.
'Fear' noun है; 'are not' के बाद adjective 'afraid' चाहिए।
✗ The match was very tameness.
✓ The match was very tame.
An adjective is needed after was.
'Was' के बाद adjective चाहिए।
✗ The trainer tamed the lion by his patience.
✓ The trainer tamed the lion with patience.
A quality used as a means takes with, and no possessive is needed.
साधन के रूप में गुण के लिए 'with' आता है, और possessive की ज़रूरत नहीं।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
They describe animals and also situations that lack danger.
ये जानवरों और ऐसी स्थितियों का वर्णन करते हैं जिनमें खतरा या रोमांच नहीं है।
Easy to control and quiet in nature.
स्वभाव से शांत और काबू में रहने वाला।
- The docile buffalo followed the boy.
Living in nature and not controlled by humans.
प्रकृति में रहने वाला और मनुष्य के नियंत्रण से बाहर।
- Wild elephants crossed the road.
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≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
Tame, with silent e; the Hindi for both senses is वश में करना.
Tame, silent e के साथ।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
To make a wild animal fit to live with people is to tame or domesticate it; the person who trains lions is a lion tamer.
'जंगली जानवर को लोगों के साथ रहने लायक बनाना' tame या domesticate है; शेरों को सधाने वाला lion tamer है।
General knowledge
Literature: Shakespeare's 'The Taming of the Shrew'.
साहित्य में Shakespeare का 'The Taming of the Shrew' आता है।