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Definition & Synonyms
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• 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.
- (superl.) Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.
- (a.) To subdue; to conquer; to repress; as, to tame the pride or passions of youth.
- (v. t.) To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out.
- (superl.) Deficient in spirit or animation; spiritless; dull; flat; insipid; as, a tame poem; tame scenery.
- (superl.) Reduced from a state of native wildness and shyness; accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic; as, a tame deer, a tame bird.
Synonyms:
Chasten, Cultivate, Domesticate, Meek, Moderate, Naturalize, Reclaim, Subdue, Tamed,
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• Tamely
- (adv.) In a tame manner.
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• Tamer
- (n.) One who tames or subdues.
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