The Clue
Busted (4 letter answer)
The Answer
TAME
Tags
Notes
The answer TAME is seen frequently, appearing about once every 100 puzzles.
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Docile
Domesticate
Domesticated
Dull
Gentle
Insipid
Mild
Milky
Subdue
Subdued
Unexciting
Unracy
Zestless
Antonym of feral
Barely risqué
Break a bronco
Break, in a way
Bring to heel
Broken, as a bronco
Broken, in a way
Crack the whip
Far from feral
Friendly to humans
Hardly boisterous
Make gentle
Unlikely to bite
Wild's opposite
Crack the whip at, maybe
Do some broncobusting
Get under control
Like kiddie rides
No longer wild
Not tantamount to a catamount
Definition
TAME as a verb:
1. (tame, chasten, subdue) = correct by punishment or discipline
2. (tone down, moderate, tame) = make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"
3. (domesticate, cultivate, naturalize, naturalise, tame) = adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"
4. (domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame) = overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"
5. (domesticate, tame) = 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"
TAME as an adjective:
1. flat and uninspiring
2. 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"
3. (tame, tamed) = brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries"
4. (meek, tame) = very docile; "tame obedience"; "meek as a mouse"- Langston Hughes