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untame

untame adjective: not tame; wild.

Adjective

untame (comparative more untame, superlative most untame)

  1. not tame; wild

Verb

untame (third-person singular simple present untames, present participle untaming, simple past and past participle untamed)

  1. (transitive) To make untame; make wild

Synonyms of untame

Forms of untame

Adjective
comparativemore untame
superlativemost untame
Verb
third-person singular presentuntames
present participleuntaming
past participleuntamed
pastuntamed

Origin of untame

From Middle English untame, ontame, equivalent to un- (“not”) + tame.

From Middle English untamen, *untemien (attested as untemed), equivalent to un- (“back; reverse”) + tame.

Words formed from untame

Questions about untame

What does untame mean?
Untame means not tame; wild.
What part of speech is untame?
Untame can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near untame in the dictionary

  1. untallowed
  2. untaloned
  3. untamable
  4. untamableness
  5. untamably
  6. untame
  7. untameability
  8. untameable
  9. untameableness
  10. untameably
  11. untamed

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