tame
(tām)
[Middle English, from Old English tam.]
adjective: tam·er, tam·est.
- Brought from wildness into a domesticated or tractable state.
- Naturally unafraid; not timid: “The sea otter is gentle and relatively tame” (Peter Matthiessen)
- Submissive; docile; fawning: tame obedience.
- Insipid; flat: a tame Christmas party.
- Sluggish; languid; inactive: a tame river.
transitive verb: tamed, tam·ing, tames.
- To make tractable; domesticate.
- To subdue or curb.
- To tone down; soften.
derivatives
- taḿa·ble
- adjective
- tamély
- adverb
- taméness
- noun
- taḿer
- noun