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.

• 🇵🇹Verbo usado principalmente no contexto náutico para descrever um navio que fica imóvel por falta de vento; também pode significar acalmar ou deixar algo parado.

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.

   🇵🇹Acalmar

   Sinônimos: calmcomposepacifyquietsettlesoothestilltranquilize

   Antônimos: agitatedisturbexciteperturbrousestirtroubleunsettleupsetworry

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