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tame

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1 syllable
4 characters
English (US)
1syllable

tame

Hyphenation via the Knuth-Liang algorithm — result not verified against authoritative sources.

Because it is a word with a single syllable, tame is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.

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Definitions oftame

1verb
  • To make (an animal) tame; to domesticate.

    Example: "He tamed the wild horse."

  • To become tame or domesticated.
  • To make gentle or meek.

    Example: "to tame a rebellion"

1adjective
  • Not or no longer wild; domesticated

    Example: "They have a tame wildcat."

  • (chiefly of animals) Mild and well-behaved; accustomed to human contact

    Synonyms: gentle

    Example: "The lion was quite tame."

  • Not exciting.

    Synonyms: dull, flat, insipid, unexciting

    Example: "For a thriller, that film was really tame."

  • Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.
  • (of a knot) Capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain.

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