Definition of tame Tame
/tejĖm/ - [teym] - tame
We found 27 definitions of tame from 7 different sources.
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| tame - correct by punishment or discipline | ||
| chasten, subdue | ||
| modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage" | ||
| tame - overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons" | ||
| domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim | ||
| modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage" | ||
| animal, animate being, beast, brute, fauna, creature a living organism characterized by voluntary movement | ||
| break in, break make submissive, obedient, or useful; "The horse was tough to break"; "I broke in the new intern" | ||
| tame - adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil" | ||
| domesticate, cultivate, naturalize, naturalise | ||
| 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" | ||
| plant life, flora, plant (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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" | ||
| animal, animate being, beast, brute, fauna, creature a living organism characterized by voluntary movement | ||
| domesticise, domesticize, domesticate, reclaim, 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" | ||
| 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 | ||
| modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage" | ||
Adjectivetame, tamer, tamest |
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| tame - brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries" | ||
| tamed | ||
| untamed, wild deviating widely from an intended course; "a wild bullet"; "he threw a wild pitch" | ||
| manipulable, tractable easily managed (controlled or taught or molded); "tractable young minds"; "the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition"- Samuel Butler | ||
| tameness, domestication the attribute of having been domesticated | ||
| broken in, broken physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split; "a broken mirror"; "a broken tooth"; "a broken leg"; "his neck is broken" | ||
| cultivated (of land or fields) prepared for raising crops by plowing or fertilizing; "cultivated land" | ||
| docile, gentle willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; "the docile masses of an enslaved nation" | ||
| domesticated, domestic accustomed to home life; "some men think it unmanly to be domesticated; others find gratification in it" | ||
| 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" | ||
| wild deviating widely from an intended course; "a wild bullet"; "he threw a wild pitch" | ||
| quiet of the sun characterized by a low level of surface phenomena like sunspots e.g. | ||
| tame - flat and uninspiring | ||
| unexciting not exciting; "an unexciting novel"; "lived an unexciting life" | ||
| 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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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary š
- tame (v. t.)
To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out. - tame (superl.)
Reduced from a state of native wildness and shyness; accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic; as, a tame deer, a tame bird. - tame (superl.)
Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless. - tame (superl.)
Deficient in spirit or animation; spiritless; dull; flat; insipid; as, a tame poem; tame scenery. - tame (a.)
To reduce from a wild to a domestic state; to make gentle and familiar; to reclaim; to domesticate; as, to tame a wild beast. - tame (a.)
To subdue; to conquer; to repress; as, to tame the pride or passions of youth.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ī©
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(Of an animal) that lives with, is fed and raised by humans, as opposed to living in the wild. -
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To make obedient, docile and tractable; to train to follow orders of the owner. ā -
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To make less strong or intense; soften.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary š
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tÄm, adj. having lost native wildness and shyness: domesticated: gentle: spiritless: without vigour: dull, flat, uninspiring: wonted, accustomed.āv.t. to reduce to a domestic state: to make gentle: to reclaim: to civilise.āns. TÄmabilā²ity, TÄmeabliā²ity, TÄmā²ableness, TÄmeā²ableness.āadjs. TÄmā²able, TÄmeā²able, that may be tamed; TÄmeā²less.ān. TÄmeā²lessness.āadv. TÄmeā²ly.āns. TÄmeā²ness; TÄā²mer, one who tames. [A.S. tam; cog. with Ger. zahm.]
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue š
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To run tame about a house; to live familiarly in a family with which one is upon a visit. Tame army; the city trained bands.
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š¤- tame, verb, present, 1st person singular of tame (infinitive).
- tame, verb (infinitive).
- tame, adjective.
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