tame

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
tame/teɪm/

▶adjective

• 1 (of an animal) not dangerous or frightened of people.

  ■ informal (of a person) willing to cooperate.

• 2 not exciting, adventurous, or controversial.

• 3 N. Amer. (of a plant) produced by cultivation.

  ■ (of land) cultivated.

▶verb

• 1 make (an animal) tame.

• 2 make less powerful and easier to control.

– derivatives
tameable (also tamable) adjective,
tamely adverb,
tameness noun,
tamer noun.

– origin OE tam (adj.), temmian (v.), of Gmc origin.