taming

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• Taming — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Taming the Star Runner — is a book written by S. E. Hinton, author of The Outsiders (novel) , about Travis, a tough kid from a big city who must go to live with his paternal uncle after assaulting his stepfather in a fit of rage. It is the last of her series of books… …   Wikipedia

• Taming of the Shrew — Taming of the Shrew, The a humorous play by William Shakespeare about a woman called Kate. Kate is very honest and always tells people exactly what she thinks, and because of this some people think she is rude and unpleasant. But she eventually… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Taming Sari — The Keris Taming Sari is a very famous keris in Malay culture. It is the Malay equivalent of King Arthur s Excalibur and was supposedly owned by the legendary Malay warrior Hang Tuah. It is said to possess magical powers. The keris was a prize… …   Wikipedia

• Taming Sari — El Keris Taming Sari es un famoso kris en la cultura Malaya. Es el equivalente malayo de la Excalibur del Rey Arturo, y supuestamente perteneció al legendario guerrero Malayo Hang Tuah. Se decía que posaía poderes mágicos. El keris fue un premio… …   Wikipedia Español

• Taming the Tiger — Infobox Album | Name = Taming the Tiger Type = Album Artist = Joni Mitchell Released = September 29, 1998 Recorded = 1997 Genre = Adult Alternative, Folk jazz Length = 43:17 Label = Reprise Producer = Joni Mitchell Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5… …   Wikipedia

• Taming of the Fire — Infobox Film | name = Taming of the fire caption = director = Daniil Khrabrovitsky producer = writer = Daniil Khrabrovitsky starring = Kirill Lavrov Ada Rogovtseva Igor Gorbachyov Andrei Popov Igor Vladimirov Innokenty Smoktunovsky Petr… …   Wikipedia

• Taming of the Shrew, The — a comedy (1594?) by Shakespeare. * * * ▪ work by Shakespeare       comedy in five acts by William Shakespeare (Shakespeare, William), written sometime in 1590–94 and first printed in the First Folio of 1623. The play describes the volatile… …   Universalium

• Taming of the Shrew — a comedy play (c. 1594) by Shakespeare. It is about Petruchio, a young Italian man who wants to marry Katharina, a rich but unfriendly woman. (Shrew is an old fashioned word for a bad tempered woman.) She behaves unpleasantly to him but he… …   Universalium

• taming — Synonyms and related words: acclimation, acclimatization, accommodation, accustoming, adaption, adjustment, breaking, breaking in, case hardening, conditioning, conquering, crushing, domestication, familiarization, gentling, habituation,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• taming — n. act of domesticating; act of bringing into submission teɪm v. domesticate; subdue, master; restrain, control adj. trained, domesticated; gentle; submissive, obedient; dull, boring …   English contemporary dictionary