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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Tame \Tame\, v. t. [Cf. F. entamer to cut into, to broach.]
     To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to
     distribute; to deal out. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
           In the time of famine he is the Joseph of the country,
           and keeps the poor from starving. Then he tameth his
           stacks of corn, which not his covetousness, but
           providence, hath reserved for time of need. --Fuller.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Tame \Tame\, a. [Compar. Tamer; superl. Tamest.] [AS. tam;
     akin to D. tam, G. zahm, OHG. zam, Dan. & Sw. tam, Icel.
     tamr, L. domare to tame, Gr. ?, Skr. dam to be tame, to tame,
     and perhaps to E. beteem. [root]61. Cf. Adamant, Diamond,
     Dame, Daunt, Indomitable.]
     1. Reduced from a state of native wildness and shyness;
        accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic; as, a tame
        deer, a tame bird.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Tame slaves of the laborious plow.    --Roscommon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Deficient in spirit or animation; spiritless; dull; flat;
        insipid; as, a tame poem; tame scenery.
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     Syn: Gentle; mild; meek. See Gentle.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Tame \Tame\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tamed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Taming.] [AS. tamian, temian, akin to D. tammen, temmen, G.
     z["a]hmen, OHG. zemmen, Icel. temja, Goth. gatamjan. See
     Tame, a.]
     1. To reduce from a wild to a domestic state; to make gentle
        and familiar; to reclaim; to domesticate; as, to tame a
        wild beast.
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              They had not been tamed into submission, but baited
              into savegeness and stubbornness.     --Macaulay.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To subdue; to conquer; to repress; as, to tame the pride
        or passions of youth.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Tame \Tame\, v. t. [Cf. F. entamer to cut into, to broach.]
     To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to
     distribute; to deal out. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
  
           In the time of famine he is the Joseph of the country,
           and keeps the poor from starving. Then he tameth his
           stacks of corn, which not his covetousness, but
           providence, hath reserved for time of need. --Fuller.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Tame \Tame\, a. [Compar. Tamer; superl. Tamest.] [AS. tam;
     akin to D. tam, G. zahm, OHG. zam, Dan. & Sw. tam, Icel.
     tamr, L. domare to tame, Gr. ?, Skr. dam to be tame, to tame,
     and perhaps to E. beteem. [root]61. Cf. Adamant, Diamond,
     Dame, Daunt, Indomitable.]
     1. Reduced from a state of native wildness and shyness;
        accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic; as, a tame
        deer, a tame bird.
  
     2. Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.
  
              Tame slaves of the laborious plow.    --Roscommon.
  
     3. Deficient in spirit or animation; spiritless; dull; flat;
        insipid; as, a tame poem; tame scenery.
  
     Syn: Gentle; mild; meek. See Gentle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Tame \Tame\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tamed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Taming.] [AS. tamian, temian, akin to D. tammen, temmen, G.
     z["a]hmen, OHG. zemmen, Icel. temja, Goth. gatamjan. See
     Tame, a.]
     1. To reduce from a wild to a domestic state; to make gentle
        and familiar; to reclaim; to domesticate; as, to tame a
        wild beast.
  
              They had not been tamed into submission, but baited
              into savegeness and stubbornness.     --Macaulay.
  
     2. To subdue; to conquer; to repress; as, to tame the pride
        or passions of youth.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  tame
       adj 1: flat and uninspiring
       2: 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" [ant: wild]
       3: brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame
          animals"; "fields of tame blueberries" [syn: tamed]
          [ant: wild]
       4: very docile; "tame obedience"; "meek as a mouse"- Langston
          Hughes [syn: meek]
       v 1: correct by punishment or discipline [syn: chasten, subdue]
       2: make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that
          aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his
          potentially offensive statements" [syn: tone down, moderate]
       3: adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment;
          "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil" [syn: domesticate, cultivate,
           naturalize, naturalise]
       4: overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He
          tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons" [syn: domesticate,
           domesticize, domesticise, reclaim]
       5: 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" [syn: domesticate]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  tame
     Αγγλικά a.
     1 ήμερος, εξημερωμένος
     2 βαρετός, ξενέρωτος, ανιαρός, κοινότοπος
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 (αμτβ) δαμάζομαι, ημερεύω, εξημερώνομαι
     2 (μτβ) δαμάζω, εξημερώνω

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  tame
     Inari Sami n.
     glue
     Japanese roman.
     (ja-romanization of: ため)
     Norwegian Nynorsk a.
     1 (nn-fcon: 2012) (infl of nn tam  def s)
     2 (nn-fcon: 2012) (infl of nn tam  p)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Tame
     n.
     1 (surname en from=nicknames).
     2 (place en river co/West Midlands co/Warwickshire and
  co/Staffordshire cc/England a tributary to the r/Trent).
     3 (place en river co/Greater Manchester cc/England), which joins the
  River Goyt at Stockport, then becoming the River Mersey.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  tame
     a.
     1 Not or no longer wild; domesticated.
     2 (lb en chiefly of animals) mild and well-behaved; accustomed to
  human contact.
     3 (lb en figurative) Of a person, well-behaved; not radical or
  extreme.
     4 (lb en obsolete) Of a non-Westernised person, accustomed to
  European society.
     5 Not exciting.
     6 crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.
     7 (lb en mathematics of a knot) Capable of being represented as a
  finite closed polygonal chain.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To make (an animal) #Adjective; to domesticate.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To become #Adjective or domesticated.
     vb.
     (lb en obsolete UK dialect) To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a
  liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Tame
     n.
     1 (surname en from=nicknames).
     2 (place en river co/West Midlands co/Warwickshire and
  co/Staffordshire cc/England a tributary to the r/Trent).
     3 (place en river co/Greater Manchester cc/England), which joins the
  River Goyt at Stockport, then becoming the River Mersey.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  tame
     Inari Sami n.
     glue
     Middle English a.
     1 (lb enm of animals) #English, domesticated
     2 (lb enm of plants) cultivated, domesticated
     3 overcome, subdued
     4 (lb enm of people) meek, compliant
     5 (lb enm anatomy medicine of a fistula) inner, interior
     Middle English alt.
     (alter enm tam); (alter enm tom tome  early Southwest and Southwest
  Midlands)
     Middle English vb.
     (alt form enm tamen  to cut, carve)
     Middle English n.
     (lb enm North ME) (alt form enm tome  freetime)
     Swedish a.
     (adj form of sv tam  def natm s)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Tame
     n.
     1 (surname en from=nicknames).
     2 (place en river co/West Midlands co/Warwickshire and
  co/Staffordshire cc/England a tributary to the r/Trent).
     3 (place en river co/Greater Manchester cc/England), which joins the
  River Goyt at Stockport, then becoming the River Mersey.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  tame
     Inari Sami n.
     glue
     Middle English a.
     1 (lb enm of animals) #English, domesticated
     2 (lb enm of plants) cultivated, domesticated
     3 overcome, subdued
     4 (lb enm of people) meek, compliant
     5 (lb enm anatomy medicine of a fistula) inner, interior
     Middle English alt.
     (alter enm tam); (alter enm tom tome  early Southwest and Southwest
  Midlands)
     Middle English vb.
     (alt form enm tamen  to cut, carve)
     Middle English n.
     (lb enm North ME) (alt form enm tome  freetime)
     Swedish a.
     (adj form of sv tam  def natm s)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Tame
     n.
     1 (surname en from=nicknames).
     2 (place en river co/West Midlands co/Warwickshire and
  co/Staffordshire cc/England a tributary to the r/Trent).
     3 (place en river co/Greater Manchester cc/England), which joins the
  River Goyt at Stockport, then becoming the River Mersey.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  tame
     Englanti a.
     1 kesy
     2 säyseä, kiltti
     3 (kuva) vaisu
     4 (''maasta'') viljellä
     Englanti vb.
     1 kesyttää
     2 laimentaa, miedontaa
     3 valjastaa käyttöön
     4 viljellä

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  tame
     Engelska a.
     tam
     Engelska vb.
     tämja

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]


  tame
     a.
     (böjning sv adj tam)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Tame /tˈeɪm/
  أليف

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  tame //teɪm// 
  питомен
  not wild

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  tame //teɪm// 
  1. опитомявам се
  to become tame
  2. опитомявам
  to make something tame