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tame

/teɪm/

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verb
correct by punishment or discipline
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chasten subdue

type of:
change modify alter
verb
make less strong or intense; soften
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"The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"

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moderate tone down

type of:
change alter modify
verb
overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable
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"He tames lions for the circus"

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domesticate domesticise domesticize reclaim

type of:
modify change alter
adjective
brought from wildness into a domesticated state
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"tame animals" "fields of tame blueberries"

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tamed domestic gentle docile cultivated broken in broken domesticated tamed

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wild
adjective
very docile
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"tame obedience"

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

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domesticate

type of:
accommodate adapt
verb
adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
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"tame the soil"

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cultivate domesticate naturalise naturalize

type of:
accommodate adapt
adjective
flat and uninspiring
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unexciting
adjective
very restrained or quiet
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"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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subdued

Opposite:

wild

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