TAME

• (verb) correct by punishment or discipline

  synonyms : chasten , subdue

  "The Almighty has the power to chastise us", said the priest. -added by Aswathy_inlas

• (verb) 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"

  synonyms : domesticate

• (verb) overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable

  "He tames lions for the circus", "reclaim falcons"

  synonyms : domesticate , domesticise , domesticize , reclaim

• (verb) adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment

  "domesticate oats", "tame the soil"

  synonyms : cultivate , domesticate , naturalise , naturalize

• (verb) make less strong or intense; soften

  "Tone down that aggressive letter", "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"

  synonyms : moderate , tone down

• (adj.) brought from wildness into a domesticated state

  "tame animals", "fields of tame blueberries"

  synonyms : tamed

• (adj.) 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"

• (adj.) flat and uninspiring

• (adj.) very docile

  "tame obedience", "meek as a mouse"

  synonyms : meek

  Molly is as meek as a mouse. -added by naila_inlas

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