• Becalm

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /bɪˈkɑːm/

    Origin

    From - + calm.

    Full definition of becalm

    Verb

    1. (transitive) To make calm or still; make quiet; calm.
    2. (transitive, nautical) To deprive (a ship) of wind, so that it cannot move (usually in passive).
      • 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin 2012, p. 214:In the following two days, they made fast progress, strong easterly winds driving them down the Channel to where it opened out into the Atlantic; there, they were briefly becalmed.

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