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tame

verb

1 tame

Correct by punishment or discipline.

synonyms: chasten, subdue.

Roget 749: be subject etc. adj.; be at the mercy of, lie at the mercy of; depend upon, lean upon, hang upon; fall a prey to, fall under; play second fiddle.    be a mere machine, be a puppet, ... show more

Roget 174: be moderate etc. adj.; keep within bounds, keep within compass; sober down, settle down; keep the peace, remit, relent, take in sail.    moderate, soften, mitigate, ... show more

Roget 537: teach, instruct, educate, edify, school, tutor; cram, prime, coach; enlighten etc. (inform) 527.    inculcate, ... show more

2 tame

Make less strong or intense; soften:
— The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements.

synonyms: moderate, tone down.

3 tame

Adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment:
— Tame the soil.

synonyms: cultivate, domesticate, naturalise, naturalize.

Roget 370: tame, domesticate, acclimatize, breed, tend, break in, train; cage, bridle, etc. (restrain) 751.   

4 tame

Overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable:
— He tames lions for the circus.

synonyms: domesticate, domesticise, domesticize, reclaim.

Dutch: africhten, dresseren, drillen, temmen

5 tame

Make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans:
— The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog.

synonym: domesticate.

Dutch: domesticeren

adjective

1 tame

Flat and uninspiring.

Roget 575: feeble, bald, tame, meager, jejune, vapid, bland, trashy, lukewarm, cold, frigid, poor, dull, dry, ... show more

Roget 174: moderate; lenient etc. 740; gentle, mild, mellow; cool, sober, temperate, reasonable, measured; tempered etc. ... show more

Roget 823: insensible, unconscious; impassive, impassible; blind to, deaf to, dead to; unsusceptible, insusceptible; unimpressionable, unimpressible; passionless, spiritless, heartless, ... show more

Roget 172: inert, inactive, passive; torpid etc. 683; sluggish, dull, heavy, flat, slack, tame, slow, ... show more

Roget 370: pastoral, bucolic; tame, domestic.   

2 tame

Very restrained or quiet.

3 tame

Brought from wildness into a domesticated state:
— Tame animals.
— Fields of tame blueberries.

synonym: tamed.

4 tame

Very docile:
— Tame obedience.

synonym: meek.

Roget 826: inexcitable, unexcitable; imperturbable; unsusceptible etc. (insensible) 823; unpassionate, dispassionate; cold-blooded, irritable; enduring etc. ... show more


Moby thesaurus: abate, abeyant, acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, accustom, adapt, adjust, allay, alleviate, amenable, apathetic, assuage, attemper, bank the fire, bed, bed down, biddable, bland, blunt ... show more.

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