tame
1. correct by punishment or discipline (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
chasten, subdue
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
2. adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
- domesticate oats
- tame the soil
• Syn:
domesticate, cultivate, naturalize, naturalise
• Derivationally related forms:
naturalisation (for: naturalise), naturalization (for: naturalize)
• Topics:
plant, flora, plant life
• Hypernyms:
adapt, accommodate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. overcome the wildness of;
make docile and tractable
- He tames lions for the circus
- reclaim falcons
• Syn:
domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim
• Derivationally related forms:
tameable, tamable, tamer
• Topics:
animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Hyponyms:
break in, break
• Verb Group:
domesticate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
4. make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans
- The horse was domesticated a long time ago
- The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog
• Syn:
domesticate
• Topics:
animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
• Hypernyms:
adapt, accommodate
• Verb Group:
domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
5. make less strong or intense;
soften
- Tone down that aggressive letter
- The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements
• Syn:
tone down, moderate
• Derivationally related forms:
moderation (for: moderate)
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
1. flat and uninspiring (Freq. 1)
• Similar to:
unexciting
• Derivationally related forms:
tameness
2. very restrained or quiet
- 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
• Ant:
wild
• Similar to:
subdued
• See Also:
quiet
3. brought from wildness into a domesticated state
- tame animals
- fields of tame blueberries
• Syn:
tamed
• Ant:
wild
• Similar to:
broken, broken in, cultivated, docile, gentle,
domestic, domesticated, tamed
• See Also:
tractable, manipulable
• Derivationally related forms:
tameness
• Attrubites:
tameness, domestication
4. very docile
- tame obedience
- "meek as a mouse"- Langston Hughes
• Syn:
meek
• Similar to:
docile
• Derivationally related forms:
tameness, meekness (for: meek)
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