[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tame \tame\, v. t. cf. f. entamer to cut into, to broach.
   to broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to
   distribute; to deal out. obs. or prov. eng.
   1913 webster

         in the time of famine he is the joseph of the country,
         and keeps the poor from starving. then he tameth his
         stacks of corn, which not his covetousness, but
         providence, hath reserved for time of need. --fuller.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tame \tame\, a. compar. tamer; superl. tamest. as. tam;
   akin to d. tam, g. zahm, ohg. zam, dan.  sw. tam, icel.
   tamr, l. domare to tame, gr. ?, skr. dam to be tame, to tame,
   and perhaps to e. beteem. root61. cf. adamant, diamond,
   dame, daunt, indomitable.
   1. reduced from a state of native wildness and shyness;
      accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic; as, a tame
      deer, a tame bird.
      1913 webster

   2. crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.
      1913 webster

            tame slaves of the laborious plow.    --roscommon.
      1913 webster

   3. deficient in spirit or animation; spiritless; dull; flat;
      insipid; as, a tame poem; tame scenery.
      1913 webster

   syn: gentle; mild; meek. see gentle.
        1913 webster
see also:
tamer tamest adamant diamond dame daunt 
indomitable gentle 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tame \tame\, v. t. imp.  p. p. tamed; p. pr.  vb. n.
   taming. as. tamian, temian, akin to d. tammen, temmen, g.
   zaumhmen, ohg. zemmen, icel. temja, goth. gatamjan. see
   tame, a.
   1. to reduce from a wild to a domestic state; to make gentle
      and familiar; to reclaim; to domesticate; as, to tame a
      wild beast.
      1913 webster

            they had not been tamed into submission, but baited
            into savegeness and stubbornness.     --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   2. to subdue; to conquer; to repress; as, to tame the pride
      or passions of youth.
      1913 webster
see also:
tamed taming tame 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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; make docile and tractable; "he
        tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons" syn: domesticate,
         domesticize, domesticise, reclaim
     5: 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
see also:
wild tamed meek chasten subdue tone down 
moderate domesticate cultivate naturalize naturalise 
domesticize domesticise reclaim 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

202 moby thesaurus words for "tame":
   abate, abeyant, acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, accustom,
   adapt, adjust, allay, alleviate, amenable, apathetic, assuage,
   attemper, bank the fire, bed, bed down, biddable, bland, blunt,
   boring, break, break in, break to harness, bridle, broken, brush,
   bust, busted, calm, case harden, cataleptic, catatonic, chasten,
   chastened, compliant, condition, confirm, constrain, control,
   cowardly, curb, curry, currycomb, damp, dampen, de-emphasize, dead,
   deaden, diminish, disciplined, docile, domestic, domesticate,
   domesticated, domesticize, domiciliate, dopey, dormant, dovelike,
   downplay, drench, dull, establish, extenuate, familiarize,
   fearless, feeble, feed, fix, flat, fodder, foul, gentle, groggy,
   groom, habituate, handle, harden, harness, heavy, hitch,
   house-train, housebreak, housebroken, humble, humdrum, in abeyance,
   in suspense, inactive, ineffectual, inert, insipid, inure,
   judicious, keep within bounds, lamblike, languid, languorous,
   latent, lay, leaden, lenify, lessen, lifeless, lighten,
   lily-livered, litter, logy, manage, master, meek, mild,
   mild as milk, milk, mitigate, moderate, modulate, mollify, mute,
   naturalize, nonviolent, obedient, obtund, ordinary, orient,
   orientate, pacific, pacifistic, pacify, palliate, passive,
   peaceable, peaceful, phlegmatic, play down, pliable, pliant,
   prosaic, prudent, pusillanimous, quiet, reduce,
   reduce the temperature, restrain, rub down, run-of-the-mill,
   saddle, season, sedentary, slack, slacken, sleeping, slow down,
   sluggish, slumbering, smoldering, smother, sober, sober down, soft,
   soften, stagnant, standing, static, stifle, subdue, subdued,
   subjugate, submissive, suppress, suppressed, suspended, tamed,
   tedious, temper, temperate, tend, timid, timorous, tiresome,
   tone down, torpid, tractable, train, trained, tune down, unafraid,
   unaroused, unassertive, underplay, unexciting, uninspired,
   uninteresting, vapid, water, weaken, white-livered, wishy-washy,
   wont, yellow, yoke

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