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Dictionary definition for: Tame
1. (v) correct by punishment or discipline
2. (s) flat and uninspiring
3. (v) make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that aggressive letter" "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"
4. (a) very restrained or quiet; "a tame Christmas party" "she was one of the tamest and most abject creatures imaginable with no will or power to act but as directed"
5. (v) adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats" "tame the soil"
6. (a) brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals" "fields of tame blueberries"
7. (v) overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus" "reclaim falcons"
8. (s) very docile; "tame obedience" "meek as a mouse"- Langston Hughes
9. (v) make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans; "The horse was domesticated a long time ago" "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog"
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