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say it: kahm
calm is a verb, noun and adjective meaning "make calm or still". It carries 8 recorded senses.
make calm or still
“quiet the dragons of worry and fear”
become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation
“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
“The patient must be sedated before the operation”
steadiness of mind under stress
“he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity”
wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale
not agitated; without losing self-possession
“spoke in a calm voice”
“remained calm throughout the uproar”
“he remained serene in the midst of turbulence”
“a serene expression on her face”
“she became more tranquil”
“tranquil life in the country”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for calm come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.