tame meaning and definition

TAME verb

Definition of tame (verb)

1. correct by punishment or discipline
   • synonyms: chasten, subdue
2. make less strong or intense; soften
   • "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"
   • synonyms: moderate, tone down
3. adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
   • "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"
   • synonyms: cultivate, domesticate, naturalise, naturalize
4. overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable
   • "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"
   • synonyms: domesticate, domesticise, domesticize, reclaim
5. 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"
   • synonyms: domesticate

TAME adjective

Definition of tame (adjective)

1. flat and uninspiring
2. 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: wild
3. brought from wildness into a domesticated state
   • "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries"
   • synonyms: tamed
   • antonym: untamed
4. very docile
   • "tame obedience"; "meek as a mouse"- Langston Hughes
   • synonyms: meek