becalmedadj.
/bɪˈkɑːmd/ 1. Calmed, quieted, stilled.
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the mind > emotion > calmness > [adjective] > made calm
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becalmed1667
smoothed1713
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lulled1787
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > fine weather > [adjective] > calm (of weather, climate, or the elements) > made calm
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becalmed1667
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1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 29 The Moon shone clear on the becalmed floud.
1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xv. 491 The silence..of a becalm'd Conscience.
2. Motionless for want of wind.
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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > [adjective] > becalmed
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a1667 A. Cowley Solitude in Wks. (1710) II. 693 They're like a becalmed Ship.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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