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.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) The throne is his by rights. Sansa pleaded so sweetly for your life. It would be a shame to throw it away. Cersei is no fool. She knows a tame wolf is more use to her than a dead one. You want me to serve the woman who murdered my king, who butchered my men, who crippled my son? (..)
    2011 TvShow: Game of Thrones Title: Baelor Season: 1 Episode 9