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Tame

verb
/teɪm/
Word Frequency: 2.2

Definitions

1.verbTo make (an animal) tame; to domesticate.
"He tamed the wild horse."
2.verbTo become tame or domesticated.
3.verbTo make gentle or meek.
"to tame a rebellion"
4.adjectiveNot or no longer wild; domesticated
"They have a tame wildcat."
5.adjective(chiefly of animals) Mild and well-behaved; accustomed to human contact
"The lion was quite tame."
6.adjectiveNot exciting.
"For a thriller, that film was really tame."
7.adjectiveCrushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.
8.adjective(of a knot) Capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain.

Synonyms

dullflatinsipidunexcitinggentledomesticateddocilecultivatedsubdueddomesticsubduemeek

Antonyms

excitingwild

Rhymes With

proclaimdameframeexclaimshameacclaimaflameflame
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