Word: becalm
Category: becalm
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Synonyms: becalm
eyeglass
Translations: becalm
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spanish
Translations:
calmar
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french
Translations:
pacifier, calmer, rassurer, rasséréner, tranquilliser, apaiser
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russian
Translations:
заштилеть, успокаивать
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czech
Translations:
uklidnit, utišit
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polish
Translations:
uspokajać, osłonić, osłaniać
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ukrainian
Translations:
заспокойте, заспокоювати
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estonian
Translations:
vaigistama
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croatian
Translations:
umiriti, stišati
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slovenian
Translations:
utešit
The meaning and "use of": becalm
verb
- leave (a sailing vessel) unable to move through lack of wind. - To make the point, he recounted the tale of a group of English merchants who, when their ship was becalmed at the mouth of the Thames decided to go ashore in search of a good breakfast.
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