calm
make calm or still
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,075 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 17,010 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.008% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- make calm or still also: calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten quiet the dragons of worry and fear
- make steady also: steady, becalm steady yourself
- become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation also: calm down, cool off, chill out, simmer down, settle down, cool it After the fight both men need to cool off.It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again.
- cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to also: sedate, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise The patient must be sedated before the operation
noun
- steadiness of mind under stress also: composure, calmness, equanimity he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity
- wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale also: calm air
adjective
- not agitated; without losing self-possession also: unagitated, serene, tranquil spoke in a calm voiceremained calm throughout the uproar
- (of weather) free from storm or wind calm seas
calm in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Jerking his sword underneath larboard arm, He ground his worn grinders to keep himself calm.
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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She gave a subdued squeal of joy, but the boy's face was calm as a star.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1
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In the greenish half-light of its calm freshness, the two towers let fall only the sound of their chimes.
The Dream · Émile Zola · Chapter 1
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The star of the unconquered will, He rises in my breast, Serene, and resolute, and still, And calm, and self-possessed.
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Chapter 1
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M. Favoral had not waited to be called, and was standing up against the parlor-door, pale as death, and yet calm.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1