Meaning of "tame" : Online English Dictionary : Word Search by Wordhut.com

Meaning of tame

1. (v) correct by punishment or discipline

2. (v) 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"

3. (v) overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"

4. (v) adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"

5. (v) make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"

6. (adj.sat.) flat and uninspiring

7. (adj.sat.) very docile; "tame obedience"; "meek as a mouse"- Langston Hughes

8. (adj) brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries"

9. (adj) 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"

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