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tame

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tame  (tm)
adj. tam·er, tam·est
1. Brought from wildness into a domesticated or tractable state.
2. Naturally unafraid; not timid: "The sea otter is gentle and relatively tame" Peter Matthiessen.
3. Submissive; docile; fawning: tame obedience.
4. Insipid; flat: a tame Christmas party.
5. Sluggish; languid; inactive: a tame river.
tr.v. tamed, tam·ing, tames
1. To make tractable; domesticate.
2. To subdue or curb.
3. To tone down; soften.

[Middle English, from Old English tam; see dem- in Indo-European roots.]

tama·ble, tamea·ble adj.
tamely adv.
tameness n.
tamer n.

tame
Adjective
1.
a. (of an animal) changed by humans from a wild state into a domesticated state
b. (of an animal) not afraid of or aggressive towards humans
2. (of a person) tending to do what one is told without questioning or criticizing it
3. mild and unexciting: the love scenes are fairly tame by modern standards
Verb
[taming, tamed]
1. to make (an animal) tame; domesticate
2. to bring under control; make less extreme or dangerous: many previously deadly diseases have been tamed by antibiotics [Old English tam]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.tame - correct by punishment or discipline
alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
2.tametame - make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"
alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
3.tame - adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"
plant life, flora, plant - (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
adapt, accommodate - make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"
4.tame - overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"
animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
break in, break - make submissive, obedient, or useful; "The horse was tough to break"; "I broke in the new intern"
domesticate, tame - 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"
5.tame - 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"
animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
adapt, accommodate - make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"
domesticise, domesticize, domesticate, tame, reclaim - overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"
Adj.1.tame - flat and uninspiring
unexciting - not exciting; "an unexciting novel"; "lived an unexciting life"
2.tame - 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"
quiet - characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity; "a quiet life"; "a quiet throng of onlookers"; "quiet peace-loving people"; "the factions remained quiet for almost 10 years"
wild - marked by extreme lack of restraint or control; "wild talk"; "wild parties"
3.tame - brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries"
manipulable, tractable - easily managed (controlled or taught or molded); "tractable young minds"; "the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition"- Samuel Butler
untamed, wild - in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated; "wild geese"; "edible wild plants"
4.tame - very docile; "tame obedience"; "meek as a mouse"- Langston Hughes
docile - willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; "the docile masses of an enslaved nation"

tame
adjective 1. domesticated, unafraid, docile, broken, gentle, fearless, obedient, amenable, tractable, used to human contact << OPPOSITE wild
adjective 2. submissive, meek, compliant, subdued, manageable, obedient, docile, spiritless, unresisting << OPPOSITE stubborn
adjective 3. unexciting, boring, dull, bland, tedious, flat, tiresome, lifeless, prosaic, uninspiring, humdrum, uninteresting, insipid, vapid, wearisome << OPPOSITE exciting
verb 4. domesticate, train, break in, gentle, pacify, house-train, make tame << OPPOSITE make fiercer
verb 5. subdue, suppress, master, discipline, curb, humble, conquer, repress, bridle, enslave, subjugate, bring to heel, break the spirit of << OPPOSITE arouse
Translations
Spanish tame [teɪm] adj (= mild) → manso (= tamed); domesticado;
(fig) [story, style, person] → soso, anodino

French tame [teɪm] adjapprivoisé(e) (fig) [story, style] → insipide
German tame [teɪm] adj [animal, bird] → zahm (fig) [story, party, performance] → lustlos, lahm (inf)
Italian tame [teɪm] adjaddomesticato/a;
(fig) [story, style] → insipido/a, scialbo/a

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You may believe every word I say, said the Raven; "for I have a tame sweetheart that hops about in the palace quite free, and it was she who told me all this.
One day by chance he found a tame Partridge for sale.
Men shoot us in the water and club us on the land; Men drive us to the Salt House like silly sheep and tame, And still we sing Lukannon--before the sealers came.
 
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