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verbcorrect by punishment or discipline
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verbmake less strong or intense; soften
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verbovercome the wildness of; make docile and tractable
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adjectivebrought from wildness into a domesticated state
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adjectivevery docile
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verbmake fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans
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verbadapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
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adjectiveflat and uninspiring
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adjectivevery restrained or quiet
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Examples of tame
- "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"
- "He tames lions for the circus"
- "tame animals"
- "fields of tame blueberries"
- "tame obedience"
- "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog"
- "tame the soil"
- "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"