tame
/teɪm/ · tam·e
verb
- To make (an animal) tame; to domesticate. He tamed the wild horse.
- To become tame or domesticated. The wild animal began to tame after being fed regularly.
- To make gentle or meek. The teacher tried to tame the unruly student's behavior.
adjective
- Not or no longer wild; domesticated. They have a tame wildcat.
- Mild and well-behaved; accustomed to human contact. The lion was quite tame.
- Not exciting. For a thriller, that film was really tame.
Did you know? The word 'tame' has been used in various contexts, including in literature, such as in Shakespeare's 'The Tempest', where Caliban describes the island as 'tame' to the point of being 'tame and tame'.