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becalm
 
SYLLABICATION:be·calm
PRONUNCIATION:  b-käm
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: be·calmed, be·calm·ing, be·calms
1. To render motionless for lack of wind: “Across the harbor, a small sailing skiff, becalmed near some reeds, caught the breeze again” (Horace Freeland Judson, The Eighth Day of Creation 1980). 2. To make calm or still; soothe.
 
 
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