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BECALM
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they becalm ... he / she / it becalms
Past simple: becalmed
Past participle: becalmed
-ing form: becalming
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make steady
Example:
steady yourself
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "becalm" is one way to...):
stabilise; stabilize (become stable or more stable)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
