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(adj)
Selectively bred to live with or around humans. (of an animal or a plant, especially a pet)
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Ready to accept instruction or direction; obedient; subservient.
Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.
(of a person) cultured, refined, educated
Reduced in intensity or strength; toned down.
Of or relating to the home.
(v)
(transitive) To overcome, quieten, or bring under control.
Humble, non-boastful, modest, meager, or self-effacing.
(participial adjective; mechanical, engineering) (sometimes comparative) Having been broken in to seat the parts.
To render humble or restrained.
Fragmented; in separate pieces.
Not exciting.
(transitive) To adapt to live with humans.
To forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.).
(of people) Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed.
Easily giving way under pressure.
Learned in the ways of civilized society; civilized; refined.
To govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
(transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
(n)
The act of exerting control.
Subjected to regulation or direction.
To defeat in combat; to subjugate.
A general tendency or orientation towards a certain type of mood, a volatile state; a habitual way of thinking, behaving or reacting.
Uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements; smug.
(transitive) To hold inside.
Someone who has control over something or someone.
Suitable for everyday use.
Calm, peaceful.
Ordinary; not having any remarkable characteristics.
(figurative) Ordinary; not special.
(of a person) Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.
Ordinary; not new.
(transitive) To subdue someone by superior force.
Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh.
Often in reference to a word or phrase: used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective; worn out, hackneyed.
Ignorable; of little significance or value.
With little or no sound; free of disturbing noise.
Flat; lacking character or definition.
Boring and unoriginal.
Not threatening
(of animals) trained to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle.
Not remarkable.
(transitive) To check, restrain or control.
An animal kept as a companion or otherwise for pleasure, rather than for some practical benefit or use.
A tam o’shanter hat.
A strap or rope attached to a bridle or bit, used to control a horse, animal or young child.
(US) Of a person: adult.
(intransitive) To work on a farm, especially in the growing and harvesting of crops.
That calms; soothing, relaxing
Having undergone a course of training (sometimes in combination).
Possessing mental discipline.
(figuratively) Easily influenced; tractable.
Docile, amenable or compliant.
Capable of being managed or controlled.
Willing to comply; submissive; willing to do what someone wants.
Willing to comply with the commands, orders, or instructions of those in authority; biddable.
Meekly obedient or passive; obsequious.
restrained
Having a highly developed society or culture; belonging to civilization.
Not tamed; not tamable, unable to be tamed; wild.
Of animals: kept and farmed in a form that does not differ significantly from the wild variety.
Not domesticated
Not gentled; not tamed or domesticated.
not tame; wild
Untamed; not domesticated.
Not domesticated; not possessing the qualities or habits of domestic life.
Not wild.
(figuratively) An aggressively defiant person.
Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact.
A domesticated (non-human) animal that has returned to the wild; an animal, particularly a domesticated animal, living independently of humans.
Not feral.
Not domesticatable.
Not domestic.
Left complete or whole; not touched, defiled, sullied, or otherwise damaged.
Having been changed from an original form.
Not having been tamped.
Not domesticable.
Not tampered with.
Not tranquilized.
Not castrated.
Not civilized.
Not docile.
Not domestic: foreign.
Not grazed.
Not matted.
Not tautened.
Not temperate.
Not caged; not kept in a cage.
Incapable of being controlled, subdued, or tamed.
Not mated.
Not glandered.
Not mauled.
Not gelded or castrated.
Alternative form of untranquilized. [Not tranquilized.]
(of a horse or similar creature) Not curried; ungroomed.
Not taut; relaxed.