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TAMED

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Brought from wildness into a domesticated state

Example:

fields of tame blueberries

Synonyms:

tame; tamed

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

broken; broken in (tamed or trained to obey)

cultivated (no longer in the natural state; developed by human care and for human use)

docile; gentle (easily handled or managed)

domestic; domesticated (converted or adapted to domestic use)

tamed (brought from wildness)

Also:

manipulable; tractable (easily managed (controlled or taught or molded))

Attribute:

domestication; tameness (the attribute of having been domesticated)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Brought from wildness

Example:

the once inhospitable landscape is now tamed

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

tame; tamed (brought from wildness into a domesticated state)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Past simple / past participle of the verb tame

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