English-Thai Dictionary

becalm

VT ทำให้ สงบ  calm still smooth disquiet agitate

 

becalmed

ADJ(เรือ ที่ มี ใบ เรือ  แล่น ไม่ได้ เพราะ ไม่มี ลม  laen-mai-dai-phror-mai-mee-lom

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BECALM

v.t.becam. [be calm. See Calm. ] 1. To still; to make quiet; to appease; to stop, or repress motion in a body; used of the elements and of the passions; as, to becalm the ocean, or the mind. But calm is generally used.
2. To intercept the current of wind, so as to prevent motion; to keep from motion for want of wind; as, highlands becalm a ship.

 

BECALMED

pp. becamed. Quieted; appeased. 1. a. Hindered from motion or progress by a calm; as a ship becalmed.

 

BECALMING

ppr. becaming. Appeasing; keeping from motion or progress.

 

BECALMING

n.becaming. A calm at sea.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BECALM

Be *calm ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Becalmed (p. pr. & vb. n. Becalming. ]

 

1. To render calm or quiet; to calm; to still; to appease. Soft whispering airs... becalm the mind. Philips.

 

2. To keep from motion, or stop the progress of, by the stilling of the wind; as, the fleet was becalmed.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

becalm

be calm |biˈkä (l )m bəˈkɑlm | ▶verb [ with obj. ] leave (a sailing vessel ) unable to move through lack of wind.

 

Oxford Dictionary

becalm

be ¦calm |bɪˈkɑːm | ▶verb [ with obj. ] leave (a sailing ship ) unable to move through lack of wind: both boats hung on before the whole fleet was becalmed south of Rampholme.

 

becalmed

be |calmed |bɪˈkɑːmd | ▶adjective (of a sailing ship ) unable to move through lack of wind: his ship was becalmed for nine days | figurative : a place becalmed in its past.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

becalmed

becalmed adjective the boats remained becalmed: motionless, still, at a standstill, at a halt, unmoving, stuck.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

becalmed

becalmed adjective the wind never arrived, and the boats were left becalmed: stranded, stuck, marooned, motionless, at a halt, still, at a standstill, unmoving.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

becalmed

be calmed /bɪkɑ́ːmd /形容詞 〖通例be ～〗1 〈帆船 ヨットが 〉凪 （なぎ ）につかまって進めない .2 〈経済などが 〉停滞して .