tame

verb

make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans

overcome the wildness of

adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment

make less strong or intense

correct by punishment or discipline

adjective

very docile

brought from wildness into a domesticated state

very restrained or quiet

flat and uninspiring

Synonyms for tame

domesticatev subduev domesticizev meekadj chastenv docileadj tractableadj moderateadj lenifyv restrainv

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