tamed

tame (t

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.

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Adj.	1.	tamed - brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries" tame manipulable, tractable - easily managed (controlled or taught or molded); "tractable young minds"; "the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition"- Samuel Butler
	2.	tamed - brought from wildness; "the once inhospitable landscape is now tamed" tamed, tame - brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries"

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amenage broken in chasten Cicurate daunt domestic domestic animal domesticate domesticated domesticated animal domesticise domesticize dompt Dryft lapdog manipulable naturalise Ramagious Shakespeare	The bird-trap was quite empty, as he had caught nothing, and he had to kill a pied Partridge, which he had tamed for a decoy. Fables by Aesop View in context Tis said that when The hands of men Tamed this primeval wood, And hoary trees with groans of woe, Like warriors by an unknown foe, Were in their strength subdued, The virgin Earth Gave instant birth To springs that ne'er did flow That in the sun Did rivulets run, And all around rare flowers did blow The wild rose pale Perfumed the gale And the queenly lily adown the dale(Whom the sun and the dew And the winds did woo), With the gourd and the grape luxuriant grew. Poems by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context Imagination has been verified by fact; the King Solomon's Mines I dreamed of have been discovered, and are putting out their gold once more, and, according to the latest reports, their diamonds also; the Kukuanas or, rather, the Matabele, have been tamed by the white man's bullets, but still there seem to be many who find pleasure in these simple pages. King Solomon's Mines by Haggard, Rider H. View in context	tamarisk family tamarisk gerbil Tamarisk salt tree Tamarix tamasha Tamatave Tamaulipas Tamayo tambac tambala Tambo Tambocor Tambora tambour tamboura tambourin tambourine Tambov Tambreet tambura Tamburin tamburitza Tamburlaine tame tameable tamed Tameless tamely tameness tamer Tamerlane Tameside Tamias Tamias striatus Tamiasciurus Tamiasciurus douglasi Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Tamil Tamil Eelam Tamil Nadu Tamil Tigers Tamilian Tamine taming tamis Tamis bird Tamkin Tamm Tammanism Tammany Tammany Hall	Tamburlaine (play) Tamburlaine (play) Tamburlaine the Great Tamburlaine the Great tamburo Tambuyog Development Center, Inc. Tamc TAMCA TAMCAR TAMCBA TAMCC TAMCN TAMCO TAMCRA TAMD TAMDA TAMDAR TAMDI Tamdytau tame tame tame Tame (airline) Tame (airline) TAME Airlines TAME Airlines tameable tameable TAMeb TAMECT tamed Tamed Frequency Modulation tamed iodine tamed iodine tamed iodine tamed iodine TAMEF Tameless tamely tamely Tamely ramified Tamely ramified Tamely ramified tameness tameness tamer tamer Tamera Tamera tameridone Tamerisk Tamerisk Tamerlaine Tamerlaine Tamerlan Tamerlan Tamerland Tamerland Tamerlane Tamerlane Tamerlane

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broken in
chasten
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domesticated animal
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lapdog
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Ramagious
Shakespeare

The bird-trap was quite empty, as he had caught nothing, and he had to kill a pied Partridge, which he had tamed for a decoy.

Fables by Aesop View in context

Tis said that when The hands of men Tamed this primeval wood, And hoary trees with groans of woe, Like warriors by an unknown foe, Were in their strength subdued, The virgin Earth Gave instant birth To springs that ne'er did flow That in the sun Did rivulets run, And all around rare flowers did blow The wild rose pale Perfumed the gale And the queenly lily adown the dale(Whom the sun and the dew And the winds did woo), With the gourd and the grape luxuriant grew.

Poems by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context

Imagination has been verified by fact; the King Solomon's Mines I dreamed of have been discovered, and are putting out their gold once more, and, according to the latest reports, their diamonds also; the Kukuanas or, rather, the Matabele, have been tamed by the white man's bullets, but still there seem to be many who find pleasure in these simple pages.

King Solomon's Mines by Haggard, Rider H. View in context

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