[ verb ]
■ correct by punishment or discipline
→
chasten
,
subdue
[ verb ]
■ make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans
e.g.)
・The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog
→
domesticate
[ verb ]
■ overcome the wildness of
■ make docile and tractable
e.g.)
・He tames lions for the circus
→
domesticate
,
domesticise
,
domesticize
,
reclaim
[ verb ]
■ adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
e.g.)
・tame the soil
→
cultivate
,
domesticate
,
naturalise
,
naturalize
[ verb ]
■ make less strong or intense
■ soften
e.g.)
・The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements
→
moderate
,
tone down
[ adjective satellite ]
■ flat and uninspiring
[ adjective satellite ]
■ very docile
e.g.)
・tame obedience
→
meek
[ adjective ]
■ brought from wildness into a domesticated state
e.g.)
・tame animals
・fields of tame blueberries
→
tamed
[ adjective ]
■ very restrained or quiet
e.g.)
・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
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