tame adj
1 changed by man from a naturally wild state into a tractable, domesticated, or cultivated condition
2 (of animals) not fearful of human contact
3 lacking in spirit or initiative; meek or submissive
a tame personality
4 flat, insipid, or uninspiring
a tame ending to a book
5 slow-moving
a tame current
vb tr
6 to make tame; domesticate
7 to break the spirit of, subdue, or curb
8 to tone down, soften, or mitigate
(Old English tam; related to Old Norse tamr, Old High German zam)
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tamable, tameable adj
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tamability, tameability, tamableness, tameableness n
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tameless adj
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tamely adv
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tameness n
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tamer n