tame (
http://definr.com/tame)
adj 1: flat and uninspiring
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]
3: brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame
animals"; "fields of tame blueberries" [syn:
tamed]
[ant:
wild]
4: very docile; "tame obedience"; "meek as a mouse"- Langston
Hughes [syn:
meek]
v 1: correct by punishment or discipline [syn:
chasten,
subdue]
2: 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]
3: adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment;
"domesticate oats"; "tame the soil" [syn:
domesticate,
cultivate,
naturalize,
naturalise]
4: overcome the wildness of (an animal); make docile and
tractable; "He tames lions for the circus" [syn:
domesticate,
domesticize,
domesticise]
5: make (animals) 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]