tame
adjective /teɪm/
/teɪm/
(comparative tamer, superlative tamest)
- (of animals, birds, etc.) not afraid of people, and used to living with them
- The bird became so tame that it was impossible to release it back into the wild.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- seem
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- (informal) not interesting or exciting
- You'll find life here pretty tame after New York.
Extra Examples- I found the violence in the film surprisingly tame.
- Most of the jokes are relatively tame.
- After what I've just been through, hitching a ride seems pretty tame stuff!
- Such games must all sound rather tame to today's children.
- living a life that makes Wild West movies look positively tame
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- look
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- (informal) (of a person) willing to do what other people ask
- I have a tame doctor who'll always give me a sick note when I want a day off.
Word OriginOld English tam (adjective), temmian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch tam and German zahm, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin domare and Greek daman ‘tame, subdue’.