becalm

An archaic verb meaning to make calm or still, especially used in nautical contexts to describe a ship being left motionless due to lack of wind.

• 🌐فعل قديم يعني تسكين الشيء أو جعله ساكناً عديم الحركة، ويُستعمل خاصة في السياق البحري لوصف سفينة توقفت عن الحركة لانعدام الريح.

1. Make steady or calm C2 formal

   To make something steady, calm, or still, especially in reference to the sea or wind.

   • The ship was becalmed in the middle of the ocean for days.
   • The sudden drop in wind becalmed the sailing boat.
   • The captain tried to becalm the anxious crew with reassuring words.

   🌐تسكين البحر أو الريح

   المرادفات: calmcomposepacifyquietsettlesoothestilltranquilize

   الأضداد: agitatedisturbexciteperturbrousestirtroubleunsettleupsetworry

• becalmed past participle
• becalmed past simple
• becalming present participle
• becalms third person singular