Thesaurus: calm
Freedom from motion, agitation, or disturbance; a cessation or absence of that which causes motion or disturbance, as of winds or waves; tranquility; stillness; quiet; serenity.
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Definitions
- n. Freedom from motion, agitation, or disturbance; a cessation or absence of that which causes motion or disturbance, as of winds or waves; tranquility; stillness; quiet; serenity.
- n. To make calm; to render still or quiet, as elements; as, to calm the winds.
- n. To deliver from agitation or excitement; to still or soothe, as the mind or passions.
- super. Not stormy; without motion, as of winds or waves; still; quiet; serene; undisturbed.
- super. Undisturbed by passion or emotion; not agitated or excited; tranquil; quiet in act or speech.
- adj. not agitated; without losing self-possession
- adj. (of weather) free from storm or wind
- n. steadiness of mind under stress
- n. wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale
- v. make calm or still
- v. make steady
- v. become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation