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tamed   (TTS Sound)

The verb tame has 5 senses

• tame, chasten, subdue -- (correct by punishment or discipline)


• tone down, moderate, tame -- (make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements")


• domesticate, cultivate, naturalize, naturalise, tame -- (adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil")


• domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame -- (overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons")


• domesticate, tame -- (make 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")

The adj tamed has 2 senses

• tame, tamed -- (brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries")


• tamed -- (brought from wildness; "the once inhospitable landscape is now tamed")