• (v. t.) To keep from motion, or stop the progress of, by the stilling of the wind; as, the fleet was becalmed. • (v. t.) To render calm or quiet; to calm; to still; to appease.
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Be·calm' transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Becalmed ;
present participle &
vb .
noun Becalming .]
1. To render calm or quiet; to calm; to still; to appease. « Sof...
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to deprive (a sailing vessel) of the wind necessary to move it; subject to a calm: The schooner was becalmed in the horse latitudes for two weeks. · to calm; pacify.
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