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tame

Definition

  • verb: to make (an animal) tame
  • verb: to reduce from a wild to a domestic state
  • adjective: not wild
  • adjective: reduced from a state of native wildness especially so as to be tractable and useful to humans
  • synonyms: domesticated, divide, distribute

Examples

  • Some people were shocked by the movie, but I found the story pretty 'tame'.

  • Members of the audience were too 'tame' to interrupt the speaker.

  • The government needs to do something to 'tame' inflation.

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