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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

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]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Tame \Tame\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tamed; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Taming.] [AS. tamian, temian, akin to D. tammen, temmen, G.
   z[aum]hmen, OHG. zemmen, Icel. temja, Goth. gatamjan. See
   Tame, a.]
   1. To reduce from a wild to a domestic state; to make gentle
      and familiar; to reclaim; to domesticate; as, to tame a
      wild beast.
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            They had not been tamed into submission, but baited
            into savegeness and stubbornness.     --Macaulay.
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   2. To subdue; to conquer; to repress; as, to tame the pride
      or passions of youth.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Tame \Tame\, v. t. [Cf. F. entamer to cut into, to broach.]
   To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to
   distribute; to deal out. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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         In the time of famine he is the Joseph of the country,
         and keeps the poor from starving. Then he tameth his
         stacks of corn, which not his covetousness, but
         providence, hath reserved for time of need. --Fuller.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Tame \Tame\, a. [Compar. Tamer; superl. Tamest.] [AS. tam;
   akin to D. tam, G. zahm, OHG. zam, Dan. & Sw. tam, Icel.
   tamr, L. domare to tame, Gr. ?, Skr. dam to be tame, to tame,
   and perhaps to E. beteem. [root]61. Cf. Adamant, Diamond,
   Dame, Daunt, Indomitable.]
   1. Reduced from a state of native wildness and shyness;
      accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic; as, a tame
      deer, a tame bird.
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   2. Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.
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            Tame slaves of the laborious plow.    --Roscommon.
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   3. Deficient in spirit or animation; spiritless; dull; flat;
      insipid; as, a tame poem; tame scenery.
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   Syn: Gentle; mild; meek. See Gentle.
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Thesaurus Results for Tame:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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