Tame - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |teɪm|  American pronunciation of the word tame
Brit.  |teɪm|  British pronunciation of the word tame

verb

- correct by punishment or discipline (syn: chasten, subdue)
- make less strong or intense; soften (syn: moderate, tone down)
The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements
- adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment (syn: cultivate, domesticate, naturalize)
tame the soil
- overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable (syn: domesticate, reclaim)
He tames lions for the circus
- make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans (syn: domesticate)
The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog

adjective

- flat and uninspiring
- very docile (syn: meek)
tame obedience

Extra examples

The island's birds are quite tame.

They ran a pretty tame campaign.

Some people were shocked by the movie, but I found the story pretty tame.

Members of the audience were too tame to interrupt the speaker.

It took a while to tame the horse.

He struggled to tame his temper.

The government needs to do something to tame inflation.

His horse didn't tame that easily.

The first editors had tamed down some of the more startling statements of Pascal.

The author tamed the language in the play

The story tamed from almost the very beginning.

Most of the criticism has been pretty tame.

I decided that teaching was too tame for me.

If you have a tame doctor, he might give you a sick note.

The Prime Minister managed to tame the trade unions.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: tame
he/she/it: tames
present participle: taming
past tense: tamed
past participle: tamed
adjective
comparative: tamer
superlative: tamest
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