tame

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.

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

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tama·ble, tamea·ble adj.

tamely adv.

tameness n.

tamer n.

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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]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	tame - correct by punishment or discipline chasten, subdue 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.	tame - make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements" tone down, moderate 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" domesticate, naturalise, cultivate, naturalize 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" domesticise, domesticize, domesticate, reclaim 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" domesticate 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" tamed 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 meek docile - willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; "the docile masses of an enslaved nation"

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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

tame [teɪm] adj (= mild) → manso (= tamed); domesticado;

(fig) [story, style, person] → soso, anodino

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tame [teɪm] adj → apprivoisé(e) (fig) [story, style] → insipide

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tame [teɪm] adj [animal, bird] → zahm (fig) [story, party, performance] → lustlos, lahm (inf)

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tame [teɪm] adj → addomesticato/a;

(fig) [story, style] → insipido/a, scialbo/a