Definition of becalm Becalm

/bɪkɑˈm/ - [bikam] - be•calm

We found 8 definitions of becalm from 6 different sources.

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What does becalm mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Verb
becalm - make steady; "steady yourself"
  steady, calm
  stabilise, stabilize make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium; "The drug stabilized her blood pressure"; "stabilize prices"
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • becalm (Verb)
    To make calm or still; make quiet; calm.
  • becalm (Verb)
    To deprive a ship of wind, so that it cannot move usually in passive.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • becalm (v. t.)
    To render calm or quiet; to calm; to still; to appease.
  • becalm (v. t.)
    To keep from motion, or stop the progress of, by the stilling of the wind; as, the fleet was becalmed.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • becalm
    be-käm′, v.t. to make calm, still, or quiet.—p.adj. Becalmed′, motionless from want of wind. [Pfx. be-, and Calm.]

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

  • becalm
    To intercept the current of the wind in its passage to a ship, by means of any contiguous object, as a high shore, some other ship to windward, &c. At this time the sails remain in a sort of rest, and consequently deprived of their power to govern the motion of the ship. Thus one sail becalms another.

Part of speech

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  • becalm, verb, present, 1st person singular of becalm (infinitive).
  • becalm, verb (infinitive).

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