English to English
adjective
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- brought from wildness into a domesticated state
Tame animals.
Fields of tame blueberries.
source: WordNet 3.0
- Reduced from a state of native wildness and shyness; accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic; as, a tame deer, a tame bird.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- flat and uninspiring
source: WordNet 3.0
- very docile
Tame obedience.
Meek as a mouse.
source: WordNet 3.0
verb
- correct by punishment or discipline
source: WordNet 3.0
- make less strong or intense; soften
Tone down that aggressive letter.
The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements.
source: WordNet 3.0
- adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
Domesticate oats.
Tame the soil.
source: WordNet 3.0
- overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable
He tames lions for the circus.
Reclaim falcons.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out.
source: Webster 1913
- To reduce from a wild to a domestic state; to make gentle and familiar; to reclaim; to domesticate; as, to tame a wild beast.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
adj
- [tem] Maamò; ámak
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
verb
- [tem] Paamuin; amákin
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog