tame
/teɪm/
verb
- 1
To make (an animal) tame; to domesticate.
“He tamed the wild horse.”
- 2
To become tame or domesticated.
- 3
To make gentle or meek.
“to tame a rebellion”
adjective
- 1
Not or no longer wild; domesticated
“They have a tame wildcat.”
- 2
(chiefly of animals) Mild and well-behaved; accustomed to human contact
“The lion was quite tame.”
- 3
Not exciting.
“For a thriller, that film was really tame.”
- 4
Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.
- 5
(of a knot) Capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain.
Synonyms
verb
- 1
To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out.
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