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tame    (tm) KEY  

ADJECTIVE:
tam·er , tam·est

1. Brought from wildness into a domesticated or tractable state.
2. Naturally unafraid; not timid: "The sea otter is gentle and relatively tame" (Peter Matthiessen).
3. Submissive; docile; fawning: tame obedience.
4. Insipid; flat: a tame Christmas party.
5. Sluggish; languid; inactive: a tame river.

TRANSITIVE VERB:
tamed , tam·ing , tames

1. To make tractable; domesticate.
2. To subdue or curb.
3. To tone down; soften.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old English tam; see dem- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
tama·ble or tamea·ble (Adjective), tamely (Adverb), tameness (Noun), tamer (Noun)

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