'Taming' definitions:
Definition of 'Taming'
From: GCIDE
- Tame \Tame\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Taming.] [AS. tamian, temian, akin to D. tammen, temmen, G. z[aum]hmen, OHG. zemmen, Icel. temja, Goth. gatamjan. See Tame, a.]
- 1. To reduce from a wild to a domestic state; to make gentle and familiar; to reclaim; to domesticate; as, to tame a wild beast. [1913 Webster]
- They had not been tamed into submission, but baited into savegeness and stubbornness. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To subdue; to conquer; to repress; as, to tame the pride or passions of youth. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'taming'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acclimation,
- acclimatization,
- accommodation,
- accustoming,
- adaption,
- adjustment,
- breaking,
- breaking-in,
- case hardening,
- conditioning,
- conquering,
- crushing,
- domestication,
- familiarization,
- gentling,
- habituation,
- hardening,
- housebreaking,
- humbling,
- humiliation,
- inurement,
- naturalization,
- orientation,
- quelling,
- reduction,
- seasoning,
- subdual,
- suppression,
- training,
- treading down