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1 domesticate
[də'mestɪkeɪt]verbo transitivo addomesticare [ animal]* * *[də'mestɪkeɪt]verbo transitivo addomesticare [ animal] -
2 domesticate do·mes·ti·cate vt
[də'mɛstɪˌkeɪt](animal) addomesticare -
3 tame
I [teɪm]1) [ animal] addomesticatoto become o grow tame — [ animal] addomesticarsi
2) (unadventurous) [story, party] noioso; [ reform] debole; [reply, ending of book, film] banaleII [teɪm]1) (domesticate) addomesticare [ animal]; (train) domare [lion, tiger]2) fig. (curb) soggiogare [person, opposition]* * *[teim] 1. adjective1) ((of animals) used to living with people; not wild or dangerous: He kept a tame bear as a pet.) domestico, addomesticato2) (dull; not exciting: My job is very tame.) noioso2. verb(to make tame: It is impossible to tame some animals.) addomesticare, domare- tamely- tameness
- tameable* * *[teɪm](animal) addomesticato (-a), (fig: person) docile, (story, style) scialbo (-a), insipido (-a), (book, performance) banaletame monkeys — scimmie fpl addomesticate
2. vt(wild creature) addomesticare, (lion, tiger, passion) domare* * *tame /teɪm/a.4 sbiadito; insipido; insulso; noioso; privo d'interesse: a tame description, una descrizione sbiadita; a tame football match, una partita di calcio priva d'interesse● (fig.) a tame cat, un tipo servizievoletamely avv. tameness n. [u]. (to) tame /teɪm/v. t.1 addomesticare; domare ( anche fig.); ammansire; rendere docile; sottomettere; to tame horses [lions], domare cavalli [leoni]; to tame inflation, domare l'inflazione* * *I [teɪm]1) [ animal] addomesticatoto become o grow tame — [ animal] addomesticarsi
2) (unadventurous) [story, party] noioso; [ reform] debole; [reply, ending of book, film] banaleII [teɪm]1) (domesticate) addomesticare [ animal]; (train) domare [lion, tiger]2) fig. (curb) soggiogare [person, opposition]
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