tame

🇺🇸 /teɪm/ 🇬🇧 /teɪm/
Frequency
Difficulty
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adjective
R

Not wild or afraid of people

The tame bird eats from my hand.

R

Not exciting or interesting

The party was too tame for my taste.

R

Easy to control or manage

He has a tame assistant who always agrees.

verb
R

To make an animal not wild

She tried to tame the wild horse.

R

To control or make less strong

He worked to tame his fear of heights.

translation

adj. Not wild or afraid of people; Not exciting or interesting; Easy to control or manage
v. To make an animal not wild; To control or make less strong

Word Forms

3rd Present tames
Past tamed
Perfect tamed
Progressive taming
Comparative tamer
Superlative tamest