The Clue
Emulate Clyde Beatty (4 letter answer)
The Answer
TAME
Tags
Notes
The answer TAME is seen frequently, appearing about once every 100 puzzles.
Related Clues
Break
Broken
Docile
Domesticate
Domesticated
Dull
Flat
Mild
Milky
Subdue
Tractable
Unexciting
Antonym of feral
Break, in a way
Bring to submission
Broken, in a way
Far from feral
Far from risqué
Hardly feisty
Not exciting
Not feral
Not racy
Unlikely to bite
Bring under control
Do some broncobusting
Like kiddie rides
Make less feral
What Kate became
How Kate ended up
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