| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| becalm |
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| 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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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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