Definitions of tame:

• verb:   correct by punishment or discipline
• verb:   make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans

  Example: "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog"

• verb:   make less strong or intense; soften

  Example: "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"

• verb:   overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable

  Example: "He tames lions for the circus"

• verb:   adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment

  Example: "Tame the soil"

• adjective:   brought from wildness into a domesticated state

  Example: "Tame animals"

• adjective:   very restrained or quiet

  Example: "A tame Christmas party"

• adjective:   flat and uninspiring
• adjective:   very docile

  Example: "Tame obedience"