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tame

/teɪm/

verb

Meaning

  • To make (an animal) tame; to domesticate.

    "He tamed the wild horse."

  • To become tame or domesticated.

  • To make gentle or meek.

    "to tame a rebellion"

adjective

Meaning

  • Not or no longer wild; domesticated

    "They have a tame wildcat."

  • (chiefly of animals) Mild and well-behaved; accustomed to human contact

    "The lion was quite tame."

  • Not exciting.

    "For a thriller, that film was really tame."

  • Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.

  • (of a knot) Capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain.

Synonyms

dull,
flat,
insipid,
unexciting,
gentle