The Clue
Like circus lions (5 letter answer)
The Answer
TAMED
Tags
Notes
The answer TAMED is common and appears about once every 300 puzzles.
Related Clues
Broke
Broken
Domesticated
Gentled
Mastered
Subdued
Subservient
Broke a bronco
Broke, in a way
Broken, as a bronco
Broken to harness
Brought to heel
Busted a bronco
Busted, in a way
Docile, now
Domestic, as animals
Emulated Petruchio
Made gentle
Submissive at last
Toned down
Under control
Unfrizzed, say
Like circus elephants
Like Kate, as a wife
Made the wild mild
No longer feral
Used Petruchio's methods
Like Kate in Act V
Having dams at various locations, as a river
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"
TAMED as an adjective:
1. (tame, tamed) = brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries"
2. brought from wildness; "the once inhospitable landscape is now tamed"