tame (adj.)

  1. very restrained or quiet; a tame Christmas party; she was one of the tamest and most abject creatures imaginable with no will or power to act but as directed'

  2. brought from wildness into a domesticated state; tame animals; fields of tame blueberries

    [ Syn: tamed ]

  3. flat and uninspiring

  4. very docile; tame obedience; meek as a mouse- Langston Hughes

    [ Syn: meek ]

    tame (v.)

  1. correct by punishment or discipline

    [ Syn: chasten , subdue ]

  2. make less strong or intense; soften; Tone down that aggressive letter; The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements

    [ Syn: tone down , moderate ]

  3. adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; domesticate oats; tame the soil

    [ Syn: domesticate , cultivate , naturalize , naturalise ]

  4. overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; He tames lions for the circus; reclaim falcons

    [ Syn: domesticate , domesticize , domesticise , reclaim ]

  5. make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans; The horse was domesticated a long time ago; The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog

    [ Syn: domesticate ]

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