Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To deprive (a ship) of wind, so that it cannot move (usually in passive).

  2. (obsolete, transitive)To make calm or still; make quiet; calm.

    make steady

Examples

1 sentences

  1. This should becalm you.

    ruЭто должно тебя успокоить. — shanghainese

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Forms

becalms, becalming, becalmed, becalmed
Base formbecalm · to becalm
3rd person singularbecalms
Present participlebecalming
Past simplebecalmed
Past participlebecalmed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybecalm
he, she, itbecalms

Past simpleLesson

all personsbecalmed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave becalmed
he, she, ithas becalmed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill becalm

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Derivedbecalmment

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
beautyA2beaverB1becauseA1
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