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tame
(tām)adj. tam·er, tam·est
1. Brought from wildness into a domesticated or tractable state.
2. Naturally unafraid; not timid: "The sea otter is gentle and relatively tame" (Peter Matthiessen).
3. Submissive; docile; fawning: tame obedience.
4. Insipid; flat: a tame birthday party.
5. Sluggish; languid; inactive: a tame river.
tr.v. tamed, tam·ing, tames
1. To make tame; domesticate: tame a wild horse.
2. To subdue or curb: tamed his explosive anger.
3. To change from an uncontrolled or disorderly to a controlled state: needed some gel to tame his hair.
tam′a·ble, tame′a·ble adj.
tame′ly adv.
tame′ness n.
tam′er n.
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Adj. | 1. | tamed - brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries" manipulable, tractable - easily managed (controlled or taught or molded); "tractable young minds"; "the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition"- Samuel Butler |
2. | tamed - brought from wildness; "the once inhospitable landscape is now tamed" |
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