calm
adjective
- still, relaxed
noun
No English definition recorded for this entry.
L10462 on Wikidata ↗verb
- make calm
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /kɑm/ / /kɑlm/ / /kɔm/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English calm, calme, from Middle French calme, probably from Old Italian calma, of uncertain origin. Calma may derive from Late Latin cauma (“heat of the midday sun”), from Ancient Greek καῦμα (kaûma, “heat, especially of the sun”), from καίω (kaíō, “to burn”), or possibly from Latin caleō. Compare also Lombardic *chalm, *chalma (“frozenness”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kalmaz (“frozenness, cold”). Displaced native Middle English smilte (“quiet, still, gentle”) from Old English smylte (“quiet, tranquil, calm, serene”).
- Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.
- Free of noise and disturbance.
“Calm is the morn without a sound, Calm as to suit a calmer grief, And only thro’ the faded leaf The chestnut pattering to the ground: […]”
- with few or no waves on the surface; not rippled.
- Without wind or storm.
- Good; alright; cool; OK.
“Hi, welcome to Puma. If you need any help, my name's Kelly. That's calm, man[…]Thirty pounds is the limit, I think you'll pay no more, I'm sorry. Aight, fuck it! What, can I do chip and pin. Calm, I'ma put my pin in like boom!”
“Been living my life as a Kingpin. I'm calm with the heat of the kitchen.”
noun
Etymology: From Middle English calm, calme, from Middle French calme, probably from Old Italian calma, of uncertain origin. Calma may derive from Late Latin cauma (“heat of the midday sun”), from Ancient Greek καῦμα (kaûma, “heat, especially of the sun”), from καίω (kaíō, “to burn”), or possibly from Latin caleō. Compare also Lombardic *chalm, *chalma (“frozenness”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kalmaz (“frozenness, cold”). Displaced native Middle English smilte (“quiet, still, gentle”) from Old English smylte (“quiet, tranquil, calm, serene”).
- The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion.
“Calm on the seas, and silver sleep, And waves that sway themselves in rest, And dead calm in that noble breast Which heaves but with the heaving deep.”
- The state of being calm; absence of noise and disturbance.
- The absence of wind; a period of time without wind.
“The wind ceased, and there was a great calm.”
“It was a calm ; so, forming a tandem of three boats, we commenced the slow business of towing the trophy to the Pequod.”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English calm, calme, from Middle French calme, probably from Old Italian calma, of uncertain origin. Calma may derive from Late Latin cauma (“heat of the midday sun”), from Ancient Greek καῦμα (kaûma, “heat, especially of the sun”), from καίω (kaíō, “to burn”), or possibly from Latin caleō. Compare also Lombardic *chalm, *chalma (“frozenness”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kalmaz (“frozenness, cold”). Displaced native Middle English smilte (“quiet, still, gentle”) from Old English smylte (“quiet, tranquil, calm, serene”).
- To make calm.
“to calm a crying baby”
“to calm the passions”
- To become calm.