Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tame"
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) 1.7 (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 (an animal); make docile and
tractable; "He tames lions for the circus" [syn: {domesticate},
{domesticize}, {domesticise}]
5: make (animals) 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}]
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