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Definition: Becalm |
BecalmVerb1. Make steady; "steady your hands". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: BecalmSynonyms: calm (v), steady (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Quiescence | Dwell; (be present); settle; (be located); alight; (arrive) stick, stick fast; stand like a post; not stir a peg, not stir a step; be at a stand; n. quell, becalm, hush, stay, lull to sleep, lay an embargo on. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Becalm |
| English words defined with "becalm": Becalming. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
becalm d | 57 |
becalm | 42 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "becalm"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | qetësoj (allay, appease, assuage, balsam, calm, calm down, comfort, conciliate, cool down, ease, gentle, hush, lull, mollify, pacificate, pacify, palliate, placate, propitiate, quiet, quieten, reassure, relieve, salve, settle, soften, soothe, tranquilize, tranquillize), ndal (arrest, check, close up, cut, discontinue, end, fight off, fold, halt, heave to, hold, interrupt, pull in, pull up, rein up, shut down, stay, stem, stop). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | هدأ (allay, appease, assuage, attemper, calm, calm down, cool, die down, dust, ease, hush, keep quiet, lull, moderate, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, quench, quieten, relieve, rest, salve, settle, settle down, simmer, smooth, sober, soothe, stay, steady, still, subside, supple, sweeten, tranquillize), أوقف مركبا لقلة الريح. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | успокоявам (allay, appease, assuage, calm, calm down, comfort, compose, conciliate, cool, ease, hush, lull, mitigate, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, quiet, quiet down, quieten, reassure, relieve, salve, settle, silence, sleek, soothe, still, tranquilize, tranquillize, unbend), утешавам (cheer up, comfort, console, solace, soothe, visit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | utišit (allay, appease, assuage, ease, hush, pacify, quiet down, quieten, relieve, rest, silence, sooth, stay, tranquillize), uklidnit (appease, calm, placate, quell, reassure, relax, set at ease, soothe, tranquilize, tranquillize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | beruhigen (allay, appease, calm, calm down, comfort, ease, kill, lull, pacify, quiet, quieten, quieten down, reassure, relieve, salve, sedate, settle, settle down, smooth, soothe, still, to allay, to appease, to calm, to compose, to pacify, to reassure, to sedate, to tranquilize, to tranquillize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ησυχάζω (allay, calm, calm down, ease, hush, lull, pacify, quiesce, quiet, settle down), ακινητοποιώ (immobilize, overpower, tie up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ל""מים (silence, stall). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | megnyugtat (assuage, calm down, disembarrass, gentle, quell, quiet, quiet down, reassure, still, to appease, to assuage, to calm sy down, to gentle, to hush, to lull, to quell, to quiet down, to reassure, to salve, to sedate, to sleek, to solace, to soothe, to still, to stroke down, to stroke sy down, to tranquillize, tranquilize, tranquillize), lecsendesít (allay, calm, hush, lull, pacify, quieten, to appease, to assuage, to calm, to calm sy down, to hush, to lull, to pacify, to quiet down, to quieten, to still, to stroke down, to stroke sy down, to tranquillize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | calmare (abate, allay, appease, assuage, calm, calm down, compose, cool, ease, hush, lull, pacify, quell, quiet, quieten, reassure, sober, soothe, still, to appease), acquietare (still). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 気'静める (to becalm one's feelings, to compose oneself). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | き'しずめる (to becalm one's feelings, to compose oneself). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | kiunaghey (allay, appease, appeasement, calm, calming, compose, die down, hush, hush as child, lull, pacification, pacify, quell, quiet, quieten, sedate, sedation, soothe, steady down, tranquillization, tranquillize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ecalmbay privar de vento, acalmar (allay, appease, assuage, calm down, cool, ease, hush, lay, lullaby, mollify, pacify, placate, quiet, relieve, resettle, salve, settle, simmer down, slow down, smooth, soothe, still, tranquilize, tranquillize). (various references) potoli (compromise, dulcify, dull, hush, lighten, lull, mollify, quench, quiet, reassure, relieve, slack, slake, smooth, smooth down, sober, solace, stay, still, subdue, suppress, sweeten, temper, tranquillize), linişti (abate, appease, assuage, attemper, calm, cease, comfort, compose, ease, hush, mitigate, mollify, pacify, quiet, quieten, reassure, recompose, rest, salve, serene, settle, smooth, smooth down, soothe, still), calma (allay, appease, calm, chasten, compose, ease, kill, mollify, pacify, quiet, salve, settle, smooth, smooth down, sober, soften, soothe, steady, still, temper, tranquillize). (various references) успокаивать (allay, appease, assuage, calm, calm down, conciliate, hush, mince, mollify, pacify, quiet, quiet down, quieted, quieten, quieting, reassure, smooth, soothe, still, tranquilize, tranquillize). (various references) stišati (calm, mollify, pacify, placate, quiet, soothe, tranquilize), smiriti (appease, calm, lull, pacify, quiet, quieten, settle, tranquillize). (various references) calmar (allay, appease, assuage, calm, calm down, cool, damp, dampen, lull, moderate, mollify, pacify, quell, quiet, quieten, settle, sober down, soothe, still). (various references) lugna (allay, appease, calm, calm down, hush, lull, mollify, pacify, placate, quieten, reassure, salve, settle, settle down, soothe, tranquilize, tranquillize). (various references) yatıştırmak (abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, attemper, calm, comfort, compose, conciliate, defuse, disarm, ease, hush, lull, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, placate, propitiate, quell, quiet, quieten, remit, salve, sedate, settle, smooth down, smother up, soften, soothe, still, tranquilize, tranquillize), sakinleştirmek (allay, appease, calm, hush, pacify, placate, quiet, smooth, smooth down, soothe, steady, still, tranquilize, tranquillize). (various references) утішати (comfort, console, solace), заспокоювати (appease, assuage, assure, calm, comfort, conciliate, cool down, ease, lull, mollify, plaster, propitiate, quell, quiet, quieten, relieve, salve, satisfy, smooth, soften, soothe, still, tranquilize, tranquillize). (various references) tawelu (allay, appease, become quiet, calm), llonyddu (appease, assuage, calm, quiet, still). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "becalm": becalmed, becalming, becalms. (additional references) | |
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"Becalm" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bacale, baccala, Baykal, beca, becall, Becel, Beecom, Bekale, Bekulo, bocals, Bukalo, Kecal. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "becalm" (pronounced bikÄ"m) |
| 3 | -k Ä" m | calm. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-l-m" | |
-1 letter: amble, blame, cable, camel, macle. | |
-2 letters: able, acme, alec, alme, bale, balm, beam, bema, blae, blam, calm, came, clam, lace, lamb, lame, mabe, mace, male, meal. | |
-3 letters: ace, alb, ale, bal, bam, bel, cab, cam, cel, elm, lab, lac, lam, lea, mac, mae, mel. | |
-4 letters: ab, ae, al, am, ba, be, el, em, la, ma, me. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-e-l-m" | |
+1 letter: alembic, becalms, cembali, cembalo, clamber. | |
+2 letters: alembics, amicable, becalmed, bechamel, beclamor, cembalos, clambake, clambers, cymbaler, lambency, mockable, scramble. | |
+3 letters: ambulance, becalming, bechamels, beclamors, bicameral, cablegram, camelback, claimable, clambakes, clambered, clamberer, climbable, cymbalers, imbalance, matchable, medicable, metabolic, scrambled, scrambler, scrambles, semblance. | |
+4 letters: acetabulum, ambulances, amerciable, beclamored, bimetallic, biomedical, blancmange, cablegrams, camelbacks, clamberers, clambering, combinable, commutable, comparable, compatible, computable, consumable, descramble, emblematic, imbalanced, imbalances, impeccable, impeccably, implacable, lambencies, lumberjack, machinable, misbalance, scramblers, semblances, umbilicate, unscramble. | |
+5 letters: acetabulums, ambivalence, bachelordom, beclamoring, bimetallics, bimolecular, biochemical, biometrical, blackmailed, blackmailer, blancmanges, blastematic, candelabrum, chamberlain, collembolan, combatively, comfortable, commandable, commendable, commendably, committable, compactible, compassable, compatibles, compellable, compensable, condemnable, confirmable, conformable, consumables, descrambled, descrambler, descrambles, embraceable, embracingly, flamboyance, immedicable, immedicably, impeachable, lumberjacks, machineable, medicinable, meroblastic, misbalanced, misbalances, problematic, reclaimable, resemblance, subclimaxes, umbilicated, unclimbable, unmatchable, unscrambled, unscrambler, unscrambles. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 65 63 61 6C 6D |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... . -.-. .- .-.. -- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100101 01100011 01100001 01101100 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B e c a l m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0065 0063 0061 006C 006D |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)367169677879 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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