Tame: English to English |
Tame (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. |
Tame (a.) To subdue; to conquer; to repress; as, to tame the pride or passions of youth. |
Tame (superl.) Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless. |
Tame (superl.) Deficient in spirit or animation; spiritless; dull; flat; insipid; as, a tame poem; tame scenery. |
Tame (superl.) Reduced from a state of native wildness and shyness; accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic; as, a tame deer, a tame bird. |
Tame (v. t.) To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out. |