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tame

(t/eI/m )

very restrained or quiet(adj.all)

Example:
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.

Antonym:
wild

source: wordnet30
brought from wildness into a domesticated state(adj.all)

Example:
Tame animals.
Fields of tame blueberries.

Synonym:
tamed
Antonym:
untamed, wild

source: wordnet30
Reduced from a state of native wildness and shyness; accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic; as, a tame deer, a tame bird.(adjective)

source: webster1913

correct by punishment or discipline(verb.change)

Synonym:
chasten, subdue

source: wordnet30
make less strong or intense; soften(verb.communication)

Example:
The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements.

Synonym:
moderate, tone down

source: wordnet30
adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment(verb.change)

Example:
Tame the soil.

Synonym:
cultivate, domesticate, naturalise, naturalize

source: wordnet30
overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable(verb.change)

Example:
He tames lions for the circus.

Synonym:
domesticate, domesticise, domesticize, reclaim

source: wordnet30
make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans(verb.change)

Example:
The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog.

Synonym:
domesticate

source: wordnet30
To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out.(verb)

source: webster1913
To reduce from a wild to a domestic state; to make gentle and familiar; to reclaim; to domesticate; as, to tame a wild beast.(verb)

source: webster1913

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