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becalmed

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1. becalmed - Adjective

2. becalmed - Verb

4. becalmed - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Becalm

Source: Webster's dictionary

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As ships becalmed at eve, that lay With canvas drooping, side by side, Two towers of sail, at dawn of day Are scarce, long leagues apart, descried. Arthur Hugh Clough

Sailors on a becalmed sea, we sense the stirring of a breeze. Carl Sagan

There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure and repose of nature. Henry David Thoreau

By 1848 it had shifted once again to identify a specific equatorial area of the sea where there is very little wind, and ships could be becalmed for weeks at a time, and doubtless those sailors suffered from all of the symptoms above. Source: Internet

Both looked certain to reach three figures but after Reece completed his third Championship hundred for Derbyshire from 268 balls, Slater became becalmed on 99 and cut a long hop from Ollie Rayner to cover. Source: Internet

I keep pecking at my stories, but my creative ship has been becalmed. Source: Internet

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