tame (tām)
adj., tam·er, tam·est.

1. Brought from wildness into a domesticated or tractable state.
2. Naturally unafraid; not timid: "The sea otter is gentle and relatively tame" (Peter Matthiessen).
3. Submissive; docile; fawning: tame obedience.
4. Insipid; flat: a tame Christmas party.
5. Sluggish; languid; inactive: a tame river.

tr.v., tamed, tam·ing, tames.

1. To make tractable; domesticate.
2. To subdue or curb.
3. To tone down; soften.

[Middle English, from Old English tam.]

tamable tam'a·ble or tame'a·ble adj.
tamely tame'ly adv.
tameness tame'ness n.
tamer tam'er n.

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