tame
/teɪm/
verbadjective
4 letters1 syllable6 points in Scrabble®7 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS9
VERB
1
Correct by punishment or discipline.
2
Make less strong or intense; soften.
“The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements”
3
Overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable.
“He tames lions for the circus”
4
Make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans.
“The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog”
5
ADJECTIVEAdapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment.
“tame the soil”
1
Brought from wildness into a domesticated state.
“tame animals”
“fields of tame blueberries”
2
Very docile.
“tame obedience”
3
Flat and uninspiring.
4
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”
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®6 points
Words With Friends®7 points
Double word12 points
Triple word18 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinametay
Starts & ends withT … E
Syllablestame
SYNONYMS & RELATED27
SAME LETTERS, DIFFERENT WORDS
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