- 1(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. opposite wild
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- 2(informal) not interesting or exciting You'll find life here pretty tame after New York.
- 3(informal) (of a person) willing to do what other people ask Her boyfriend's very tame and does whatever she wants.
adverb She's not likely to stand by and tamely accept defeat.
noun [uncountable]See tame in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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