TAMED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tamed mean? 

• TAMED (adjective)
  The adjective TAMED has 2 senses:

1. brought from wildness into a domesticated state

2. brought from wildness

  Familiarity information: TAMED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAMED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Brought from wildness into a domesticated state

Synonyms:

tame; tamed

Context example:

fields of tame blueberries

Similar:

broken; broken in (tamed or trained to obey)

cultivated (no longer in the natural state; developed by human care and for human use)

docile; gentle (easily handled or managed)

domestic; domesticated (converted or adapted to domestic use)

tamed (brought from wildness)

Also:

manipulable; tractable (easily managed (controlled or taught or molded))

Attribute:

domestication; tameness (the attribute of having been domesticated)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Brought from wildness

Context example:

the once inhospitable landscape is now tamed

Similar:

tame; tamed (brought from wildness into a domesticated state)

 Context examples 

Wolf or dog, it's all the same—he's ben tamed 'ready.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

His had softened during the many generations since the day his last wild ancestor was tamed by a cave-dweller or river man.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

I have tamed that savage stenographic mystery.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

He has managed to get a sparrow, and has already partially tamed it.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

They had made short work of the snowshoe rabbit, these dogs that were ill-tamed wolves; and they were now drawn up in an expectant circle.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)