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English Dictionary: tame	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tame adj flat and uninspiring 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" Antonym(s): wild brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries" Synonym(s): tame, tamed Antonym(s): untamed, wild very docile; "tame obedience"; "meek as a mouse"- Langston Hughes Synonym(s): meek, tame v correct by punishment or discipline [syn: tame, chasten, subdue] make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements" Synonym(s): tone down, moderate, tame adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil" Synonym(s): domesticate, cultivate, naturalize, naturalise, tame overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons" Synonym(s): domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame 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" Synonym(s): domesticate, tame
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tame \Tame\, v. t. [Cf. F. entamer to cut into, to broach.] To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] In the time of famine he is the Joseph of the country, and keeps the poor from starving. Then he tameth his stacks of corn, which not his covetousness, but providence, hath reserved for time of need. --Fuller.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tame \Tame\, a. [Compar. {Tamer}; superl. {Tamest}.] [AS. tam; akin to D. tam, G. zahm, OHG. zam, Dan. & Sw. tam, Icel. tamr, L. domare to tame, Gr. [?], Skr. dam to be tame, to tame, and perhaps to E. beteem. [fb]61. Cf. {Adamant}, {Diamond}, {Dame}, {Daunt}, {Indomitable}.] 1. Reduced from a state of native wildness and shyness; accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic; as, a tame deer, a tame bird. 2. Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless. Tame slaves of the laborious plow. --Roscommon. 3. Deficient in spirit or animation; spiritless; dull; flat; insipid; as, a tame poem; tame scenery. Syn: Gentle; mild; meek. See {Gentle}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tame \Tame\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tamed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Taming}.] [AS. tamian, temian, akin to D. tammen, temmen, G. z[84]hmen, OHG. zemmen, Icel. temja, Goth. gatamjan. See {Tame}, a.] 1. To reduce from a wild to a domestic state; to make gentle and familiar; to reclaim; to domesticate; as, to tame a wild beast. They had not been tamed into submission, but baited into savegeness and stubbornness. --Macaulay. 2. To subdue; to conquer; to repress; as, to tame the pride or passions of youth.