becalm
verb/bɪˈkɑːm/UK/bɪˈkɑm/US
Etymology
Definitions
To make calm or still
To make calm or still; make quiet; calm.
- Almighty Beauty quite becalms my Rage: In looking on thee, I forget thy Crimes:
- “Pardon me,” he said, with a quietness that struck the company with a becalming awe.
To deprive (a ship) of wind, so that it cannot move (usually in passive).
- In the following two days, they made fast progress, strong easterly winds driving them down the Channel to where it opened out into the Atlantic; there, they were briefly becalmed.
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