becalm

be·calm  (b-käm)

tr.v. be·calmed, be·calm·ing, be·calms

1. To render motionless for lack of wind: "Across the harbor, a small sailing skiff, becalmed near some reeds, caught the breeze again" (Horace Freeland Judson).

2. To make calm or still; soothe.

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

becalm - make steady; "steady yourself" steady, calm stabilise, stabilize - become stable or more stable; "The economy stabilized"

Translations

becalm [bɪˈkɑːm] VT to be becalmed → estar encalmado

becalm

vt to be becalmed (Naut) → in eine Flaute geraten; (fig) → eine Flaute haben; the ship lay or was becalmed for three weeks → das Schiff war or befand sich drei Wochen lang in einer Flaute