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Definitions of tame
  1. verb
    correct by punishment or discipline

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  2. verb
    make less strong or intense; soften
    "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"

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  3. verb
    overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable
    "He tames lions for the circus"
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  4. adjective
    brought from wildness into a domesticated state
    "tame animals" "fields of tame blueberries"
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  5. adjective
    very docile
    "tame obedience"

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  6. verb
    make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans
    "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog"

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  7. verb
    adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
    "tame the soil"
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  8. adjective
    flat and uninspiring

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  9. adjective
    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"

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