verb
- to make calm or still; to deprive of wind
Usage: nautical; third person singular present
Examples
- The lack of wind becalms the sailing ship in the middle of the ocean.
- Hot weather often becalms the sea, leaving boats stranded.
- The storm passes and suddenly becalms the previously choppy waters.
- When the breeze dies down, it becalms even the largest vessels.
- The captain worries that the weather will becalm them for days.
- A high-pressure system becalms the entire bay.