becalmedadjective
uk/bɪˈkɑːmd/us/bɪˈkɑːmd/If a ship with sails is becalmed, it cannot move because there is no wind.
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Sailing & boating
- bail
- bale
- circumnavigate
- crew
- cruise
- draft
- draught
- knot
- navigable
- ocean-going
- pilot
- rafting
- roll
- sail
- sea legs
- seafaring
- shipboard
- tack
- whitewater rafting
- yachtswoman
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Examples from literature
- The course now lay from point to point, in order to avoid being becalmed within the indentations of the coast.
- The day passed without any change in the positions of the vessels, for they still lay becalmed.
- They were often becalmed and took months to cross the ocean.
- We mustn't show more lights than we can help, when becalmed at night so near the land.
- What if we should be becalmed?