The meaning of TAME is reduced from a state of native wildness especially so as to be tractable and useful to humans : domesticated. How to use tame in a sentence.

tame adjective (NOT WILD) Add to word list (especially of animals) not wild or dangerous, either naturally or because of training or long involvement with humans:

1. To make tame; domesticate: tame a wild horse. 2. To subdue or curb: tamed his explosive anger. 3. To change from an uncontrolled or disorderly to a controlled state: needed some gel to tame his hair.

If you say that something or someone is tame, you are criticizing them for being weak and uninteresting, rather than forceful or shocking.

Definition of tame adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

gentle, fearless, or without shyness, as if domesticated: That lion acts as tame as a house cat. tractable, docile, or submissive, as a person or the disposition.

What does tame mean? When an animal is tame, it has been domesticated, a sense metaphorically extended to someone or something considered " subdued," "boring," or "mild."