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Definition of balm in English: balmnoun bɑːmbɑ(l)m 1A fragrant cream or liquid used to heal or soothe the skin. a skin balm for use after shaving Example sentencesExamples - Health kits, containing handy wooden tools made of acacia tree, will help to kill pain in your body parts without the application of any balms.
- He noted that many young physicians were healing themselves with the same balms they prescribed for patients.
- With modern grooming products, battery-powered razors, and shaving balms to smooth the skin, there's probably no excuse for a man to have any facial hair.
- The most common products used for the lip area include lipsticks and balms.
- Olive oil also acts as a soothing balm for all types of skin rashes, including those caused through an allergic reaction.
- An extension to her practice is the line of lotions, gels, creams, balms and lip glosses.
- Body washes, shampoos, liquid talc, massaging balms and skin lotions are all priced at £3.99.
- As a precaution I had come armed with repellent cream and balm.
- If lipstick ‘bleeds’ into lines around your lips, drench them with moisturisers and use a balm every night.
- Would my hard veneer of masculinity be transformed into a soft glow by the balm of moisturising cream?
- He unpacked enough magical stuff to start making potions and balms for healing again.
- Although she treats the scarring with ointments, balms and appropriate make-up, camouflaging the scars is only partially successful.
- The better ones will lavish you with tiny containers of balms, lotions and other sweet-smelling potions.
- We tested hundreds of colors and moisturizing balms to pick these favorites.
- Male grooming is booming in Yorkshire - but do men actually know their scrubs from their balms and their gels from their serums?
- Most shaving creams contain a little moisturiser, but if a man needs to improve the general condition of his skin, then he should use an aftershave balm.
- From shampoos to pain balms - they have a whole array of consumer items in their ever-expanding list.
- She also had a herb and vegetable garden, where she would grow her own food and ingredients for homemade medicinal balms and liquids.
- Calendula lotion can be used as a soothing balm.
- If you are concerned about caring for your skin you can buy skin cream, bug balm and wind balm - all made from only natural ingredients.
Synonyms ointment, lotion, cream, salve, liniment, embrocation, rub, gel, emollient, unguent, balsam, moisturizer pomade, pomatum technical demulcent, humectant archaic unction - 1.1 Something that has a soothing or restorative effect.
the murmur of the water can provide balm for troubled spirits Example sentencesExamples - Indeed, an evenly divided Congress could provide the healing balm the country desperately needs.
- Mushroom-hunting is a balm to both body and spirit.
- His best friend's laughter was like a balm, soothing away all his tension and residual nervousness from the date.
- Yet while most young'uns turn to the soothing balm of indifference, others are drawn toward alternative means of expressing their frustration, which is where hip-hop steps up to bat.
- As someone who regularly complains about modern African art's lack of visibility in contemporary exhibitions, this dual presentation was a balm for the spirit, a hint of better things to come.
- This was a writer who used words as weapons, as salves, as balms and ballistic missiles.
- Again, the nature of the job has a lot to do with it: plenty of brain-food, regular contact with enthusiastic law clerks, and life tenure, which is a balm to anyone's blood pressure.
- It also reminds in the quietest way how families can provide a balm against this worry.
- A new love could be the balm that soothes your soul.
- It is a place to reflect on noble sacrifice and draw comfort from the balm of uplifting scenery.
- Meanwhile, the soaring crude oil price and burgeoning demand in the Far East should provide some soothing balm to the share price.
- These people cannot or will not allow themselves the comfort, the balm, that the boy's soul lives eternally.
- For a moment, the murk feels strangely comforting, like walking out of a rave into the balm of an urban winter smog.
- What you need is an aural balm to soothe all ears.
- Three weeks in Thailand (which I've just enjoyed) are a balm to any spirit.
- Anyone who has ever had a friend comment on their music collection in a less than favourable fashion will find this article balm for their troubled soul.
- Her smile and her touch were a comforting balm to Estelle.
- For visitors the relaxed atmosphere soothes like a balm after the heated days of summer.
- The oil of religion shouldn't be used to increase the flames of violence but as a balm to heal the wounds of the people.
- They come for the balm that touch can provide in times that are immensely stressful to the human psyche.
Synonyms relief, comfort, ease, consolation, cheer, solace alleviation, mitigation, assuagement, healing
2A tree which yields a fragrant resinous substance, especially one used in medicine. Species in several families, in particular those of the genus Commiphora (family Burseraceae). See also balm of Gilead Example sentencesExamples - Sitting here, I have so far watched a hummingbird mating ritual, the honey bees at the balm tree, the unusually marked bees in flowering chives.
- Now this did not one jot move the orange till she saw a man at work with an incision-knife, upon a balm-tree there at hand, to let out the balsam.
- A typical nest thus pointed out by an over-obliging bird was saddled neatly on a horizontal limb of a balm tree at the height of about 30 feet from the ground and the ever-present lake.
- Shakyamuni passed away from his 80 years life at the foot of the Linden balm tree in Kushinagara, India.
- The balm tree is no longer found in Judea.
- 2.1mass noun The resinous substance yielded by a balm.
Example sentencesExamples - The balm exuded by this shrub led to it being regarded throughout part of its native range (especially in Spain, Italy, & Greece) as one & the same with the biblical Balm of Gilead.
3mass noun A bushy herb of the mint family, with leaves smelling and tasting of lemon. Melissa officinalis, family Labiatae Example sentencesExamples - There will also be a scented area with plants such as curry, rosemary, lemon balm and lavender.
- They are, in descending order of potency, lemon balm, peppermint and spearmint.
- My favorite herbs to grow are basil, oregano, lemon balm, parsley and mint.
- You can also buy the balms direct from the company's website for $3 each.
- The consensus is that they tend to avoid aromatic herbs including garlic, onions, chives, rosemary, lavender, lemon balm, mint, tansy, lovage, marjoram, thyme, sage and fennel.
- In addition to peppermint and ginger, good stomach-friendly seasonings include caraway, chamomile, dill, fennel, lavender, lemon balm, rosemary and thyme.
- Its flavour is similar to juniper, and like lemon balm its leaves can be used as a bath herb or dried for potpourri and herb pillows.
- Some of my favourites include vervain, rosemary, lemon balm, skullcap, wild oats and ginseng.
- Herbs you can use in the bath are bay leaf, chamomile, hyssop, lemon balm and lime flowers.
- Lyle was restricted to only water and tea made of chamomile, lemon balm and spearmint, and he was not to drink fruit juice for several weeks.
- A favorite blend is equal parts of spearmint, chamomile flowers, fennel seeds, catnip and lemon balm.
- I found my homegrown mint, lemon balm and chamomile were more flavorful than the herbal ingredients I could buy.
- Harvest culinary and medicinal herbs like lemon balm, mint, French tarragon, summer savory and basil before they go to seed.
- Mint, lemon balm, pennyroyal, chives, chamomile, mayflower, and summer savory are a few herbs perfectly suited to this microclimate.
- Besides picking the more familiar lemon balm, coltsfoot and mullein, I found myself picking honeysuckle flowers for their antibacterial and antiviral properties.
- To ensure that the herb is fresh and potent, crush a few leaves and take a whiff; lemon balm should smell like lemons.
- Growing my own fresh herbs saves me easily $35-50 per year… I grow my own oregano, basil, lemon balm, lemon thyme, chives, sage, and cilantro.
- In his head, he made a catalog of what the tea would need - blackcurrant, chamomile, heather, hawthorn, lemon balm, motherwort, marjoram, passion flower, and St John's wort.
- Along with taking herbs, inhale the relaxing scents of lavender, chamomile, lemon balm, bergamot, orange blossom or rose.
- Herbs such as chives, lemon balm, marjoram, and mint are also attractive to insects.
- 3.1 Used in names of other aromatic herbs of the mint family, e.g. bee balm.
Example sentencesExamples - The apothecary, Harold, was robbed of some herbs and balms, as I am sure you know.
- They can't see red, but are attracted to some red flowers, such as bee balm, that reflect ultraviolet light.
- I purchased my bee balm from flea and farmer's markets.
- Bee Balm is a very pretty herb with a wonderful fruity, minty aroma.
- I almost passed over her, cloaked in an old brown robe and deep in conversation with a toothless old peasant woman selling various herbs and balms.
Origin Middle English (in the sense 'preparation for embalming, fragrant resinous substance'): from Old French basme, from Latin balsamum (see balsam). Rhymes alarm, arm, Bairam, barm, becalm, calm, charm, embalm, farm, forearm, Guam, harm, imam, ma'am, malm, Montcalm, Notre-Dame, palm, psalm, qualm, salaam, smarm Definition of balm in US English: balmnounbä(l)mbɑ(l)m 1A fragrant ointment or preparation used to heal or soothe the skin. Example sentencesExamples - From shampoos to pain balms - they have a whole array of consumer items in their ever-expanding list.
- Olive oil also acts as a soothing balm for all types of skin rashes, including those caused through an allergic reaction.
- Calendula lotion can be used as a soothing balm.
- Although she treats the scarring with ointments, balms and appropriate make-up, camouflaging the scars is only partially successful.
- If you are concerned about caring for your skin you can buy skin cream, bug balm and wind balm - all made from only natural ingredients.
- Would my hard veneer of masculinity be transformed into a soft glow by the balm of moisturising cream?
- The better ones will lavish you with tiny containers of balms, lotions and other sweet-smelling potions.
- As a precaution I had come armed with repellent cream and balm.
- We tested hundreds of colors and moisturizing balms to pick these favorites.
- An extension to her practice is the line of lotions, gels, creams, balms and lip glosses.
- He noted that many young physicians were healing themselves with the same balms they prescribed for patients.
- Health kits, containing handy wooden tools made of acacia tree, will help to kill pain in your body parts without the application of any balms.
- Body washes, shampoos, liquid talc, massaging balms and skin lotions are all priced at £3.99.
- He unpacked enough magical stuff to start making potions and balms for healing again.
- If lipstick ‘bleeds’ into lines around your lips, drench them with moisturisers and use a balm every night.
- She also had a herb and vegetable garden, where she would grow her own food and ingredients for homemade medicinal balms and liquids.
- Most shaving creams contain a little moisturiser, but if a man needs to improve the general condition of his skin, then he should use an aftershave balm.
- With modern grooming products, battery-powered razors, and shaving balms to smooth the skin, there's probably no excuse for a man to have any facial hair.
- Male grooming is booming in Yorkshire - but do men actually know their scrubs from their balms and their gels from their serums?
- The most common products used for the lip area include lipsticks and balms.
Synonyms ointment, lotion, cream, salve, liniment, embrocation, rub, gel, emollient, unguent, balsam, moisturizer - 1.1 Something that has a comforting, soothing, or restorative effect.
the murmur of the water can provide balm for troubled spirits Example sentencesExamples - Again, the nature of the job has a lot to do with it: plenty of brain-food, regular contact with enthusiastic law clerks, and life tenure, which is a balm to anyone's blood pressure.
- Her smile and her touch were a comforting balm to Estelle.
- They come for the balm that touch can provide in times that are immensely stressful to the human psyche.
- This was a writer who used words as weapons, as salves, as balms and ballistic missiles.
- For visitors the relaxed atmosphere soothes like a balm after the heated days of summer.
- Three weeks in Thailand (which I've just enjoyed) are a balm to any spirit.
- It also reminds in the quietest way how families can provide a balm against this worry.
- It is a place to reflect on noble sacrifice and draw comfort from the balm of uplifting scenery.
- For a moment, the murk feels strangely comforting, like walking out of a rave into the balm of an urban winter smog.
- Indeed, an evenly divided Congress could provide the healing balm the country desperately needs.
- Yet while most young'uns turn to the soothing balm of indifference, others are drawn toward alternative means of expressing their frustration, which is where hip-hop steps up to bat.
- Mushroom-hunting is a balm to both body and spirit.
- The oil of religion shouldn't be used to increase the flames of violence but as a balm to heal the wounds of the people.
- These people cannot or will not allow themselves the comfort, the balm, that the boy's soul lives eternally.
- Meanwhile, the soaring crude oil price and burgeoning demand in the Far East should provide some soothing balm to the share price.
- As someone who regularly complains about modern African art's lack of visibility in contemporary exhibitions, this dual presentation was a balm for the spirit, a hint of better things to come.
- A new love could be the balm that soothes your soul.
- His best friend's laughter was like a balm, soothing away all his tension and residual nervousness from the date.
- What you need is an aural balm to soothe all ears.
- Anyone who has ever had a friend comment on their music collection in a less than favourable fashion will find this article balm for their troubled soul.
Synonyms relief, comfort, ease, consolation, cheer, solace
2A tree which yields a fragrant resinous substance, especially one used in medicine. Species in several families, in particular those of the genus Commiphora (family Burseraceae) Example sentencesExamples - Now this did not one jot move the orange till she saw a man at work with an incision-knife, upon a balm-tree there at hand, to let out the balsam.
- The balm tree is no longer found in Judea.
- A typical nest thus pointed out by an over-obliging bird was saddled neatly on a horizontal limb of a balm tree at the height of about 30 feet from the ground and the ever-present lake.
- Shakyamuni passed away from his 80 years life at the foot of the Linden balm tree in Kushinagara, India.
- Sitting here, I have so far watched a hummingbird mating ritual, the honey bees at the balm tree, the unusually marked bees in flowering chives.
- 2.1 The resinous substance yielded by a balm.
Example sentencesExamples - The balm exuded by this shrub led to it being regarded throughout part of its native range (especially in Spain, Italy, & Greece) as one & the same with the biblical Balm of Gilead.
3A bushy herb of the mint family, with leaves smelling and tasting of lemon. Melissa officinalis, family Labiatae Example sentencesExamples - Some of my favourites include vervain, rosemary, lemon balm, skullcap, wild oats and ginseng.
- Its flavour is similar to juniper, and like lemon balm its leaves can be used as a bath herb or dried for potpourri and herb pillows.
- In addition to peppermint and ginger, good stomach-friendly seasonings include caraway, chamomile, dill, fennel, lavender, lemon balm, rosemary and thyme.
- In his head, he made a catalog of what the tea would need - blackcurrant, chamomile, heather, hawthorn, lemon balm, motherwort, marjoram, passion flower, and St John's wort.
- I found my homegrown mint, lemon balm and chamomile were more flavorful than the herbal ingredients I could buy.
- Mint, lemon balm, pennyroyal, chives, chamomile, mayflower, and summer savory are a few herbs perfectly suited to this microclimate.
- The consensus is that they tend to avoid aromatic herbs including garlic, onions, chives, rosemary, lavender, lemon balm, mint, tansy, lovage, marjoram, thyme, sage and fennel.
- Besides picking the more familiar lemon balm, coltsfoot and mullein, I found myself picking honeysuckle flowers for their antibacterial and antiviral properties.
- To ensure that the herb is fresh and potent, crush a few leaves and take a whiff; lemon balm should smell like lemons.
- Harvest culinary and medicinal herbs like lemon balm, mint, French tarragon, summer savory and basil before they go to seed.
- A favorite blend is equal parts of spearmint, chamomile flowers, fennel seeds, catnip and lemon balm.
- Herbs you can use in the bath are bay leaf, chamomile, hyssop, lemon balm and lime flowers.
- You can also buy the balms direct from the company's website for $3 each.
- Growing my own fresh herbs saves me easily $35-50 per year… I grow my own oregano, basil, lemon balm, lemon thyme, chives, sage, and cilantro.
- Along with taking herbs, inhale the relaxing scents of lavender, chamomile, lemon balm, bergamot, orange blossom or rose.
- My favorite herbs to grow are basil, oregano, lemon balm, parsley and mint.
- Herbs such as chives, lemon balm, marjoram, and mint are also attractive to insects.
- They are, in descending order of potency, lemon balm, peppermint and spearmint.
- There will also be a scented area with plants such as curry, rosemary, lemon balm and lavender.
- Lyle was restricted to only water and tea made of chamomile, lemon balm and spearmint, and he was not to drink fruit juice for several weeks.
- 3.1 Used in names of other aromatic herbs of the mint family, e.g. bee balm.
Example sentencesExamples - Bee Balm is a very pretty herb with a wonderful fruity, minty aroma.
- The apothecary, Harold, was robbed of some herbs and balms, as I am sure you know.
- I purchased my bee balm from flea and farmer's markets.
- They can't see red, but are attracted to some red flowers, such as bee balm, that reflect ultraviolet light.
- I almost passed over her, cloaked in an old brown robe and deep in conversation with a toothless old peasant woman selling various herbs and balms.
Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘preparation for embalming, fragrant resinous substance’): from Old French basme, from Latin balsamum (see balsam). |