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1. (adj.) tame
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated.
2. tame
docile or submissive.
3. tame
lacking in excitement; dull:
a very tame party.
4. tame
spiritless; pusillanimous.
5. tame
rendered useful and manageable:
tame natural resources.
6. tame
cultivated or improved by cultivation, as a plant or its fruit.
7. (v.t.) tame
to make tame; domesticate.
8. tame
to deprive of courage, ardor, or zest.
9. tame
to deprive of interest or excitement; make dull.
10. tame
to harness or control, as a source of power.
11. tame
to cultivate, as land or plants.
12. (v.i.) tame
to become tame.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME; OE tam, c. OHG zam,akin to L domāre to tame)
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1. (adj) tame
flat and uninspiring
2. (adj) 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"
3. (adj) tame, tamed
brought from wildness into a domesticated state
"tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries"
4. (verb) meek, tame
very docile
"tame obedience"; "meek as a mouse"- Langston Hughes
5. (verb) tame, chasten, subdue
correct by punishment or discipline
6. (verb) tone down, moderate, tame
make less strong or intense; soften
"Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"
7. (verb) domesticate, cultivate, naturalize, naturalise, tame
adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
"domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"
8. (verb) domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame
overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable
"He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"
9. (verb) 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"
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1. (adjective) tame
(of an animal) not wild
a tame squirrel
2. tame
boring or uninteresting compared to sth else
My hometown seemed pretty tame after visiting Austin.
3. (verb) tame
to train an animal to be able to live with humans
the way they used to tame wild horses
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) tame
to reduce from a wild to a domestic state; to make gentle and familiar; to reclaim; to domesticate; as, to tame a wild beast
2. (adj) tame
to subdue; to conquer; to repress; as, to tame the pride or passions of youth
3. tame
reduced from a state of native wildness and shyness; accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic; as, a tame deer, a tame bird
4. tame
crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless
5. tame
deficient in spirit or animation; spiritless; dull; flat; insipid; as, a tame poem; tame scenery
6. (verb) tame
to broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out
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Sense: (of animals) used to living with people; not wild or dangerous
He kept a tame bear as a pet.
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 Afrikaans: mak |
 Arabic: أليف |
 Bulgarian: питомен |
 Brazilian: domesticado |
 Czech: krotký, ochočený |
 German: zähmen |
 Danish: tam |
 Greek: ήμερος, εξημερωμένος |
 Spanish: domesticado; doméstico |
 Estonian: taltsas |
 Farsi: اهلی |
 Finnish: kesy |
 French: apprivoisé |
 Hebrew: מְאוּלָף |
 Hindi: पालतू |
 Croatian: pitom, pripitomljen |
 Hungarian: megszelídített |
 Indonesian: jinak |
 Icelandic: taminn |
 Italian: domestico, addomesticato |
 Japanese: 飼いならされた |
 Korean: 길들여진 |
 Lithuanian: prijaukintas |
 Latvian: pieradināts; piejaucēts |
 Malay: jinak |
 Dutch: tam |
 Norwegian: tam |
 Polish: oswojony |
 Portuguese: domesticado |
 Romanian: domesticit |
 Russian: приручённый |
 Slovak: krotký, skrotený |
 Slovenian: udomačen |
 Serbian: pripitomljen |
 Swedish: tam |
 Thai: เชื่อง (สัตว์) |
 Turkish: evcil(leştirilmiş) |
 Taiwanese: 馴服的 |
 Ukrainian: свійський, ручний |
 Urdu: سدھا ہوا، پالتو |
 Vietnamese: được thuần hóa |
 Chinese: 驯服的 |
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