tame

B2
Pronunciation
/teɪm/
Verb
4 definition(s)
1 Definition

To make (an animal) tame; to domesticate.

Example Sentences
  • He tamed the wild horse.
2 Definition

To become tame or domesticated.

3 Definition

To make gentle or meek.

Example Sentences
  • to tame a rebellion
4 Definition

To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out.

Adjective
5 definition(s)
1 Definition

Not or no longer wild; domesticated

Antonyms
wild
Example Sentences
  • They have a tame wildcat.
2 Definition

(chiefly of animals) Mild and well-behaved; accustomed to human contact

Synonyms
gentle
Example Sentences
  • The lion was quite tame.
3 Definition

Not exciting.

Synonyms
dull flat insipid unexciting
Antonyms
exciting
Example Sentences
  • For a thriller, that film was really tame.
4 Definition

Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.

5 Definition

(of a knot) Capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain.

Antonyms
wild