tame
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
tamer;
tamest
tamer;
tamest
Britannica Dictionary definition of TAME
[also more tame; most tame]
1
a
:
not wild
:
trained to obey people
b
:
not afraid of people
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The island's birds are quite tame.
2
:
not exciting or interesting
:
dull
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They ran a pretty/quite/rather tame campaign.
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Some people were shocked by the movie, but I found the story pretty tame.
3
:
gentle and obedient
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Members of the audience were too tame to interrupt the speaker.
— tamely
adverb— tameness
noun [noncount]
2
tame
/ˈteɪm/
verb
tames;
tamed;
taming
2
tame
/ˈteɪm/
verb
tames;
tamed;
taming
Britannica Dictionary definition of TAME
[+ object]
1
:
to make (an animal) tame
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It took a while to tame the horse.
2
:
to make (something) less wild or difficult to control
:
to bring (something) under control
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the people who tamed the Wild West
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He struggled to tame his temper.
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The government needs to do something to tame inflation.
— tamed
adjective— tamer
noun, plural tamers [count]-
a lion/tiger tamer
