You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for April 29.
Zipper Day
Today’s word is tame, spelled t-a-m-e.
tame /teɪm/ adjective
(especially of animals) not wild or dangerous, either naturally or because of training or long involvement with humans
After a few months' contact the monkeys become very tame.
tame elephants
The island's birds are quite tame.
tame verb [transitive]
to train a wild animal to obey you and not to attack people SYN domesticate
The Asian elephant can be tamed and trained.
It took a while to tame the horse.
to control something dangerous or powerful
He'll need to tame his temper if he wants to succeed.
Is there a product to tame my hair?
Argan oil is a high-fat oil that can tame frizz and treat split ends, especially for those with wavy or curly hair.
— Sydney Poe, chicagotribune.com, "The best cheap shampoo," 23 Mar. 2021
Inside those cubicles, hundreds of thousands of Michiganders will get COVID-19 vaccines over the next eight weeks in a massive effort to get as many people vaccinated as quickly as possible to tame the coronavirus pandemic.
— Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, "Detroit's Ford Field begins vaccine clinic transformation: What it's like inside," 18 Mar. 2021
With your word of the day, I’m Mohammad Golpayegani.
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