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tame

verb: correct by punishment or discipline

verb: make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"

verb: adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"

verb: overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"

verb: 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"

adj: flat and uninspiring

adj: 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"

adj: brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries"

adj: very docile; "tame obedience"; "meek as a mouse"- Langston Hughes