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Tame As A Pet Crossword Clue

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adjective

• willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed

adjective satellite

• ready and willing to be taught

• easily handled or managed

30%11Tame a wild critter to be a pet
verb

• overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable

29%4 Like a pet monkey, hopefully
adjective

• very restrained or quiet

• brought from wildness into a domesticated state

adjective satellite

• flat and uninspiring

• very docile

verb

• correct by punishment or discipline

• make less strong or intense; soften

• adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment

• overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable

• make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans

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New York Times05 Oct 2015 Down 21
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