brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries"
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"
a contestant who meets certain requirements and so qualifies to take part in the next stage of competition; "the tournament was won by a late qualifier"
cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid; "quench steel"
reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance
satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst"
electronics: suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device
the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement; "there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list"
(architecture) one of original three styles of Greek architecture distinguished by the type of column and entablature used or a style developed from the original three by the Romans
a degree in a continuum of size or quantity; "it was on the order of a mile"; "an explosion of a low order of magnitude"
a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities; "IBM received an order for a hundred computers"
a body of rules followed by an assembly
(often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed; "the British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London"
a request for food or refreshment (as served in a restaurant or bar etc.); "I gave the waiter my order"
(biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families
a group of person living under a religious rule; "the order of Saint Benedict"
established customary state (especially of society); "order ruled in the streets"; "law and order"
place in a certain order; "order these files"
bring order to or into; "Order these files"
make a request for something; "Order me some flowers"; "order a work stoppage"
give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed"