becalmed

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English

Definitions

verb

To make calm or still; make quiet; calm.
To deprive (a ship) of wind, so that it cannot move (usually in passive).

adjective

(of a sailing ship) Unable to move due to lack of wind.

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Synonyms

unmoving nonmoving still windbound windless dead calm breathless calm battenless unruddered sailless undersailed breezeless helmless boomless anchorless

Rhymes

glommed bombed palmed calmed embalmed whammed firebombed

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