tame


Meanings

  • correct by punishment or discipline
  • make less strong or intense; soften;
    • "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"
  • adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment;
    • "tame the soil"
  • overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable;
    • "He tames lions for the circus"
  • make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans;
    • "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog"
  • flat and uninspiring
  • 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"
  • brought from wildness into a domesticated state;
    • "tame animals"
    • "fields of tame blueberries"
  • very docile; - Langston Hughes
    • "tame obedience"
  • TAME adj TAMER, TAMEST gentle or docile
  • TAME v TAMED, TAMING, TAMES to make tame


Scrabble Score: 6

tame is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

tame is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

tame is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 7

tame is a valid Words With Friends word