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tame
/teɪm/
verb
To make (an animal) tame; to domesticate.
"He tamed the wild horse."
To become tame or domesticated.
To make gentle or meek.
"to tame a rebellion"
adjective
Not or no longer wild; domesticated
"They have a tame wildcat."
(chiefly of animals) Mild and well-behaved; accustomed to human contact
"The lion was quite tame."
Similar: gentle
Not exciting.
"For a thriller, that film was really tame."
Similar: dull, flat, insipid, unexciting
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