When you tame an animal, you help it become calm and friendly. Usually, this is for wild animals to live with people.
He tamed the wild horse easily.
People try to tame lions in zoos.
To tame can also mean to make strong feelings or things less strong or difficult. It means to take control.
She tamed her anger very well.
Scientists can tame wild electricity.
When something is tame, it is not wild or exciting. It can be calm or even boring.
The party was very tame last night.
His story was tame and not fun.
In nature or technology, to tame means to make something natural or dangerous become safe or less strong.
Firefighters tamed the large fire fast.
They tamed the river to stop floods.
Tame can also mean making a hard or difficult thing easier or safer to use.
We tamed the software to be user-friendly.
They tamed the problem with new rules.
