tame

Definitions

1. 1.Reduced from a state of native wildness and shyness; accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic; as, a tame deer, a tame bird.
2. 2.Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless. Tame slaves of the laborious plow. Roscommon.
3. 3.Deficient in spirit or animation; spiritless; dull; flat; insipid; as, a tame poem; tame scenery. See Gentle.
4. 4.To reduce from a wild to a domestic state; to make gentle and familiar; to reclaim; to domesticate; as, to tame a wild beast. They had not been tamed into submission, but baited into savegeness and stubbornness. Macaulay.
5. 5.To subdue; to conquer; to repress; as, to tame the pride or passions of youth.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is reduced from a state of native wildness and shyness; accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic; as, a tame deer, a tame bird called?
• What is crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless. Tame slaves of the laborious plow. Roscommon called?
• What is deficient in spirit or animation; spiritless; dull; flat; insipid; as, a tame poem; tame scenery. See Gentle called?
• What is to subdue; to conquer; to repress; as, to tame the pride or passions of youth called?