1. Verb
To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out.
2. Adjective form
Reduced from a state of native wildness and shyness; accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic; as, a tame deer, a tame bird.
3. Adjective form
Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.
4. Adjective form
Deficient in spirit or animation; spiritless; dull; flat; insipid; as, a tame poem; tame scenery.
5. Adjective
To reduce from a wild to a domestic state; to make gentle and familiar; to reclaim; to domesticate; as, to tame a wild beast.
6. Adjective
To subdue; to conquer; to repress; as, to tame the pride or passions of youth.
7. Verb
make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"
Vocabulary classified under Emotion and tone
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