calm

calm1 [ kam ] adjective **

1. ) not affected by strong emotions such as excitement, anger, shock, or fear:

An hour after the accident, I was starting to feel calmer.

stay/keep/remain calm: We were told to stay calm, that help was on the way.

a ) used about the way someone talks or behaves:

a calm quiet voice

2. ) calm water does not move very much:

The ocean looks much calmer today.

We could see our reflections in the calm surface of the lake.

3. ) if the weather is calm, there is very little wind:

a calm day

We're going to see a period of calmer weather starting this weekend.

4. ) peaceful and not affected by violence, fighting, or excited activity:

The city appears calm after last night's missile attack.

a calmer day on the stock market after yesterday's big falls

╾ calm|ly adverb

╾ calm|ness noun uncount

calm

calm 2 [ kam ] verb **

transitive to make someone feel more relaxed and less emotional:

None of our efforts to calm her succeeded.

a. to make a situation more peaceful and less affected by violence, fighting, or excited activity

,calm `down phrasal verb intransitive or transitive

to begin to feel more relaxed and less emotional, or to make someone do this:

Calm down and tell us what's going on.

She finally managed to calm him down.

calm

calm 3 [ kam ] noun uncount *

1. ) a situation in which everything is peaceful and there is no trouble or violence

2. ) a state in which you are not affected by strong emotions such as excitement, anger, shock, or fear:

He accepted her decision with his usual calm.

3. ) a state in which there is no wind, so that the sea does not move very much

the calm before the storm

a quiet time just before problems or arguments start