eng: tame

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