tame
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- v correct by punishment or discipline
- v make less strong or intense; soften
The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements - v adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
tame the soil - v overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable
He tames lions for the circus - v make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans
The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog - s flat and uninspiring
- a very restrained or quiet
a tame Christmas party
she was one of the tamest and most abject creatures imaginable with no will or power to act but as directed - a brought from wildness into a domesticated state
tame animals
fields of tame blueberries - s very docile
tame obedience
- Since the late '50s, when Khrushchev announced that "there are no political prisoners, only persons of unsound mind," the Soviets have relied on tame psychiatrists to label .
- Could even Bismarck or Kissinger call down lightning from the mountaintop to tame those vipers? To her great credit, she has assembled a first-rate staff and keeps traveling and .
- After all, the Administration's proposal to restructure the student-loan industry is, in many respects, much closer to an actual government takeover than its relatively tame .