becalmed

Describes a sailing ship that is unable to move due to a lack of wind.

• 🌐يُطلق على السفينة الشراعية التي توقف عن الحركة بسبب انقطاع الريح أو سكونها. وقد يوصف به الشخص أو الموقف الذي أصابه الجمود أو العجز عن التقدم.

1. No wind for sailing C1 formal

   Of a sailing ship, unable to move due to a lack of wind.

   • The ship was becalmed in the middle of the ocean for three days.
   • They sat helplessly as their sailboat was becalmed near the equator.
   • The crew grew restless when the vessel became becalmed.

   🌐ساكن الريح

   المرادفات: motionlessstationarystill

   الأضداد: blownmovingsailing

• more becalmed comparative form
• most becalmed superlative form

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