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Meaning of tame
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tame
adj 1: flat and uninspiring
2: 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" [ant: {wild}]
3: brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame
animals"; "fields of tame blueberries" [syn: {tame}, {tamed}]
[ant: {untamed}, {wild}]
4: very docile; "tame obedience"; "meek as a mouse"- Langston
Hughes [syn: {meek}, {tame}]
v 1: correct by punishment or discipline [syn: {tame},
{chasten}, {subdue}]
2: make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that
aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his
potentially offensive statements" [syn: {tone down},
{moderate}, {tame}]
3: adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment;
"domesticate oats"; "tame the soil" [syn: {domesticate},
{cultivate}, {naturalize}, {naturalise}, {tame}]
4: overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He
tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons" [syn:
{domesticate}, {domesticize}, {domesticise}, {reclaim},
{tame}]
5: 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" [syn:
{domesticate}, {tame}]
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