tame

1. v. t. To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out. Source: opted

2. superl. Reduced from a state of native wildness and shyness; accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic; as, a tame deer, a tame bird. Source: opted

3. superl. Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless. Source: opted

4. superl. Deficient in spirit or animation; spiritless; dull; flat; insipid; as, a tame poem; tame scenery. Source: opted

5. a. To reduce from a wild to a domestic state; to make gentle and familiar; to reclaim; to domesticate; as, to tame a wild beast. Source: opted

6. a. To subdue; to conquer; to repress; as, to tame the pride or passions of youth. Source: opted

7. adj. flat and uninspiring Source: wordnet

8. adj. very restrained or quiet Source: wordnet

9. adj. brought from wildness into a domesticated state Source: wordnet

10. adj. very docile Source: wordnet

11. v. correct by punishment or discipline Source: wordnet

12. v. make less strong or intense; soften Source: wordnet

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