Definition of Becalm. Meaning of Becalm. Synonyms of Becalm

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Definition of Becalm

Becalm
Becalm Be*calm", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Becalmed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Becalming.] 1. To render calm or quiet; to calm; to still; to appease. Soft whispering airs . . . becalm the mind. --Philips. 2. To keep from motion, or stop the progress of, by the stilling of the wind; as, the fleet was becalmed.

Meaning of Becalm from wikipedia

- remastered form in 2006. The sleeve notes label the album "Number 1 in the BeCalm series", and its songs are generally at the gentler, more introspective...
- equipped with, covered with, beset with (pejorative or facetious) bedeviled, becalm, bedazzle, bewitch by- near to, next to byway, byp****, byproduct down- from...
- sea was running and needs must we carry on or be ****ed. The partial becalming of the lower sails by the stern seas was a great danger, as they filled...
- westward in the Atlantic while performing a large "volta do mar" to avoid becalming in the Gulf of Guinea. On 21 April 1500, a mountain was seen and named...
- patron of sailors and fishermen due to this. She is said to frequently becalm the sea when boats are threatened with rocks. After some decades Guanyin...
- Mitc**** of The New York Times said, "The brazen silliness of The Core is becalming and inauthentic, like taking a bath in nondairy coffee creamer. The Earth...
- instead pla**** in a way that requires listeners to concentrate, so he "becalms many listeners into hapless indifference". In 1989, Tatum's hometown of...
- Loud series" (Fireships had similarly been labelled as "Number 1 in the BeCalm series"). At the time, Hammill intended these labels to continue, and to...
- (originally, the amount of sail that a fully rigged frigate could carry). becalm To cut off the wind from a sailing vessel, either by the proximity of land...
- westward in the Atlantic while performing a large "volta do mar" to avoid becalming in the Gulf of Guinea. On 21 April 1500, a mountain was seen that was...