becalm

• Verbe désuet signifiant calmer ou rendre immobile, surtout dans un contexte maritime pour décrire un navire laissé sans mouvement faute de vent.

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.

1. Make steady or calmC2formal

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

   Calmer, apaiser

   • 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.

   Synonymescalmcomposepacifyquietsettlesoothestilltranquilize

   Antonymesagitatedisturbexciteperturbrousestirtroubleunsettleupsetworry