adj.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: tamed ; tam · ing
Date: 13th century
transitive verb
1 a : to reduce from a wild to a domestic state b : to subject to cultivation c : to bring under control : HARNESS
2 : to deprive of spirit : HUMBLE , SUBDUE <the once revolutionary ⋯ party, long since tamed ― Times Lit. Supp. >
3 : to tone down : SOFTEN < tamed the language in the play>
intransitive verb : to become tame
– tam · able or tame · able \ ' t ā -m ə -b ə l \ adjective
– tam · er noun