Definition of tame
tamer
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1 : reduced from a state of native wildness especially so as to be tractable and useful to humans : domesticated tame animals
2 : made docile and submissive : subdued
3 : lacking spirit, zest, interest, or the capacity to excite : insipid a tame campaign
tamely
adverbtameness
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Examples of tame in a Sentence
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.
Recent Examples of tame from the Web
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Dumb luck clung to me like a wet T-shirt that summer, and the darker side of the festival manifested itself to me in relatively tame ways.
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A thickening spray can be used all over your head before drying. 2: Use a styling product Styling creams and oils—especially those specifically made for blow-drying—can fight frizz, protect against heat damage, and tame flyaways.
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To be sure, Anthony Kiedis, Flea and company are far tamer compared to their outrageous tube sock days.
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Gone are her days of twerking in mouse buns, crystalized semi-nude bodysuits, and prosthetic breasts, and in their place a much more tame, folksy Miley has emerged.
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And just look at how this new hair color ramps up the style of his very solid but kinda tame summer fit.
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The Alaskan and Canadian trails were tamer than expected, not surprising since tours were aimed at people eating free food all week.
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Say good-bye to rough scruff and hello to a more touchable and tame beard.
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Say good-bye to rough scruff and hello to a more touchable and tame beard.
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Origin and Etymology of tame
Middle English, from Old English tam; akin to Old High German zam tame, Latin domare to tame, Greek damnanai
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Definition of tame
tamed
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transitive verb
1a : to reduce from a wild to a domestic stateb : to subject to cultivationc : to bring under control : harness
2 : to deprive of spirit : humble, subdue the once revolutionary … party, long since tamed — The Times Literary Supplement (London)
3 : to tone down : soften tamed the language in the play
intransitive verb
: to become tame
tamer
nounExamples of tame in a Sentence
It took a while to tame the horse.
the people who tamed the Wild West
He struggled to tame his temper.
The government needs to do something to tame inflation.
Recent Examples of tame from the Web
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The administration has been tamed by working through Congress.
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Another approach to taming the donor graft relies on a mixture of anti–T cell anti-bodies called antithymocyte globulin, which is produced in horses or rabbits.
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Her goal is to tame neural networks by engineering predictability into them.
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These were the leaders among the pioneers that came to the wilderness and tamed it.
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But those areas, while gorgeous, are all tamed by man.
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The ace right-hander and first-round MLB draft pick tamed the Horned Frogs again and ended their season Saturday night on the doorstep of the CWS championship series.
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Through bankruptcy, new owners, recipe changes and an increase in competition, the Merlino name still rings familiar to locals and tourists alike looking to tame the sweltering summer heat.
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Environmental and social resilience should go hand in hand, officials here think, improving neighborhoods, spreading equity and taming water during catastrophes.
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First Known Use of tame
13th century
TAME Defined for English Language Learners
tame
playDefinition of tame for English Language Learners
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: not wild : trained to obey people
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: not afraid of people
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: not exciting or interesting
tame
Definition of tame for English Language Learners
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: to make (an animal) tame
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: to make (something) less wild or difficult to control : to bring (something) under control
TAME Defined for Kids
Definition of tame for Students
tamed
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: to make or become gentle or obedient They tamed the lion.
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