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The correct spelling is tame.
How to pronounce tame
/teɪm/
verbIPA: /teɪm/
Say it like: Tam-e
The correct spelling is tame. To make (an animal) tame; to domesticate. For example: "He tamed the wild horse."
Usage Examples
“He tamed the wild horse.”
“to tame a rebellion”
“They have a tame wildcat.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To make (an animal) tame; to domesticate.
- 2.To become tame or domesticated.
- 3.To make gentle or meek.
- 4.To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out.
adjective
- 1.Not or no longer wild; domesticated
- 2.(chiefly of animals) Mild and well-behaved; accustomed to human contact
- 3.Not exciting.
- 4.Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.
- 5.(of a knot) Capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain.
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