very restrained or quiet; "a tame Christmas party"; "she was one of the tamest and most abject creatures imaginable with no will or power to act but as directed
make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans; "The horse was domesticated a long time ago"; "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog"
disapproval If you say that something or someone is tame, you are criticizing them for being weak and uninteresting, rather than forceful or shocking. Some of today's political demonstrations look rather tame + tamely tame·ly There was no excuse though when Thomas shot tamely wide from eight yards
Reduced from a state of native wildness and shyness; accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic; as, a tame deer, a tame bird
A tame animal or bird is one that is not afraid of humans. The deer never became tame; they would run away if you approached them