Thesaurus / tame
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Beginning with 130 foxes, he selectively chose and bred those that were the most “tame,” as he described itThese “tame” foxes were allowed to mate.
FORGET EVERYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT YOUR DOG (EP. 436)STEPHEN J. DUBNEROCTOBER 22, 2020FREAKONOMICSIn all, the measures looked methodical—tame, even—compared with elsewhere in Europe.
AS COVID CASES SPIKE IN EUROPE, ITALY STANDS OUT—BUT THIS TIME FOR DOING THINGS RIGHTBERNHARD WARNEROCTOBER 15, 2020FORTUNEOut there, the ownership of land seemed like a myth used to tame an unconquerable planet with its imposing mountains, endless forests, and hypnotic deserts.
HOW BIKING ACROSS AMERICA FORMED AN UNLIKELY FRIENDSHIPRAFFI JOE WARTANIANOCTOBER 8, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINETo solve it, the city now wants to harness and tame those fees so everybody is paying the same amount based on the type of housing they build.
ENVIRONMENT REPORT: SIZE DOESN’T ALWAYS MATTER UNDER NEW PARKS PLANMACKENZIE ELMERJULY 13, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOHistorically, effective governments have always been able to tame them, although sometimes it took many decades to make that possible.
WHAT DOES COVID-19 MEAN FOR CITIES (AND MARRIAGES)? (EP. 410)STEPHEN J. DUBNERMARCH 26, 2020FREAKONOMICSThe hills disappear some miles above this city, and henceforward to the sea all is flat and tame as a marsh.
GLANCES AT EUROPEHORACE GREELEYYou've got a splendid chance can spend what you like and rule in society and he'll subside into a tame spaniel.
ELSTER'S FOLLYMRS. HENRY WOODThe party was made up of six men on horseback, two tame buffaloes, and a pack of immense dogs used to hunting.
ALILA, OUR LITTLE PHILIPPINE COUSINMARY HAZELTON WADEWith one of the tame buffaloes on each side of him, he can now be easily led to the village, where they will kill him.
ALILA, OUR LITTLE PHILIPPINE COUSINMARY HAZELTON WADEYou can see that it is five o'clock, because Big God Nqong's pet tame clock says so.
KIPLING STORIES AND POEMS EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW, BOOK IIRUDYARD KIPLINGWORDS RELATED TO TAME
- abject
- accommodating
- acquiescent
- amenable
- bowing down
- comformable
- complying
- deferential
- docile
- domesticated
- dutiful
- giving-in
- humble
- ingratiating
- lowly
- malleable
- meek
- menial
- nonresistant
- nonresisting
- obedient
- obeisant
- obeying
- obsequious
- passive
- patient
- pliable
- pliant
- resigned
- servile
- slavish
- subdued
- tame
- tractable
- uncomplaining
- unresisting
- yes
- yielding
- accustom
- brainwash
- break in
- care for
- coach
- cultivate
- develop
- discipline
- drill
- drum into
- dry run
- educate
- enlighten
- equip
- exercise
- get a workout
- get in shape
- ground
- grow strong
- guide
- habituate
- harden
- hone
- improve
- instruct
- inure
- make ready
- mold
- prime
- qualify
- rear
- rehearse
- run through
- school
- season
- shape
- sharpen
- show the ropes
- study
- tame
- teach
- tutor
- update
- warm up
- whip into shape
- wise up
- work out
- agreeable
- amicable
- at ease
- at peace
- balmy
- calm
- collected
- comforting
- composed
- cool
- easy
- easygoing
- even
- even-tempered
- gentle
- halcyon
- hushed
- lenient
- low
- measured
- mild
- moderate
- murmuring
- pacific
- paradisiacal
- pastoral
- patient
- placid
- pleasing
- poised
- possessed
- reasonable
- restful
- sedate
- sedative
- serene
- smooth
- sober
- soft
- soothing
- stable
- still
- tame
- temperate
- undisturbed
- unexcitable
- unexcited
- unperturbed
- unruffled
- untroubled
- whispering
- arid
- bomb
- bromidic
- characterless
- colorless
- commonplace
- drab
- drag
- drear
- dreary
- drudging
- dry
- dull
- flat
- ho-hum
- humdrum
- insipid
- interminable
- irksome
- lifeless
- monotonous
- moth-eaten
- mundane
- nothing
- nowhere
- platitudinous
- plebeian
- prosaic
- repetitious
- routine
- spiritless
- stale
- stereotyped
- stodgy
- stuffy
- stupid
- tame
- tedious
- threadbare
- tiresome
- tiring
- trite
- unexciting
- uninteresting
- unvaried
- vapid
- wearisome
- weary
- well-worn
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