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Definition of 'tame'English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .
Adjective
( er)
Not or no longer wild; domesticated
- They have a tame wildcat.
(chiefly|of animals) Mild and well-behaved; accustomed to human contact
- The lion was quite tame .
Not exciting
- This party is too tame for me.
- For a thriller, that film was really tame .
Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.
* Roscommon
- tame slaves of the laborious plough
(mathematics|of a knot) Capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain.
Synonyms
* (not exciting) dull, insipid
Antonyms
* (not wild) wild
* (mild and well-behaved) gentle
* (not exciting) exciting
* (mathematics) wild
Derived terms
* tamely
* tameness
Verb
to make something
- He tamed the wild horse.
to become
Derived terms
* tamer
Etymology 2
Compare (etyl) .
Verb
( tam)
(obsolete|UK|dialect) To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out.
* Fuller
- In the time of famine he is the Joseph of the country, and keeps the poor from starving. Then he tameth his stacks of corn, which not his covetousness, but providence, hath reserved for time of need.
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