Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tame \Tame\, v. t. [Cf. F. entamer to cut into, to broach.]
   To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to
   distribute; to deal out. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

         In the time of famine he is the Joseph of the country,
         and keeps the poor from starving. Then he tameth his
         stacks of corn, which not his covetousness, but
         providence, hath reserved for time of need. --Fuller.

Tame \Tame\, a. [Compar. {Tamer}; superl. {Tamest}.] [AS. tam;
   akin to D. tam, G. zahm, OHG. zam, Dan. & Sw. tam, Icel.
   tamr, L. domare to tame, Gr. ?, Skr. dam to be tame, to tame,
   and perhaps to E. beteem. [root]61. Cf. {Adamant}, {Diamond},
   {Dame}, {Daunt}, {Indomitable}.]
   1. Reduced from a state of native wildness and shyness;
      accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic; as, a tame
      deer, a tame bird.

   2. Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.

            Tame slaves of the laborious plow.    --Roscommon.

   3. Deficient in spirit or animation; spiritless; dull; flat;
      insipid; as, a tame poem; tame scenery.

   Syn: Gentle; mild; meek. See {Gentle}.

Tame \Tame\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tamed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Taming}.] [AS. tamian, temian, akin to D. tammen, temmen, G.
   z["a]hmen, OHG. zemmen, Icel. temja, Goth. gatamjan. See
   {Tame}, a.]
   1. To reduce from a wild to a domestic state; to make gentle
      and familiar; to reclaim; to domesticate; as, to tame a
      wild beast.

            They had not been tamed into submission, but baited
            into savegeness and stubbornness.     --Macaulay.

   2. To subdue; to conquer; to repress; as, to tame the pride
      or passions of youth.

Source : WordNet®

tame
     v 1: correct by punishment or discipline [syn: {chasten}, {subdue}]
     2: make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that
        aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his
        potentially offensive statements" [syn: {tone down}, {moderate}]
     3: adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment;
        "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil" [syn: {domesticate}, {cultivate},
         {naturalize}, {naturalise}]
     4: overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He
        tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons" [syn: {domesticate},
         {domesticize}, {domesticise}, {reclaim}]
     5: make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to
        humans; "The horse was domesticated a long time ago"; "The
        wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog" [syn: {domesticate}]

tame
     adj 1: flat and uninspiring
     2: 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" [ant: {wild}]
     3: brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame
        animals"; "fields of tame blueberries" [syn: {tamed}]
        [ant: {wild}]
     4: very docile; "tame obedience"; "meek as a mouse"- Langston
        Hughes [syn: {meek}]