Definition of "tames" [tames]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tame. (verb)

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• "The former rhythmically leads, 'tames' the latter, where the infinite relay between the two echoes the interdependent dynamic outlined in Hegel's concept of the master-slave dialectic."
• "Like all soups, it's a universal pleasure that tames hunger and warms the spirit."
• "How Max tames them, is made their king and joins in the rumpus before returning home to his bedroom – complete with a comforting bowl of supper that is still hot – is brilliantly told in Sendak's classic illustrations."