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tame

The correct spelling is tame.

How to pronounce tame

/teɪm/
verb

IPA: /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. 1.To make (an animal) tame; to domesticate.
  2. 2.To become tame or domesticated.
  3. 3.To make gentle or meek.
  4. 4.To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out.

adjective

  1. 1.Not or no longer wild; domesticated
  2. 2.(chiefly of animals) Mild and well-behaved; accustomed to human contact
  3. 3.Not exciting.
  4. 4.Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.
  5. 5.(of a knot) Capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain.

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