Meanings
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of becalm
comparative more becalmed · superlative most becalmed
- nauticalUnable to move due to lack of wind.
[…] when we got aſterne we grew becalm'd, land-lockt in a fort, and were ſported all the way […]
1638, Thomas Herbert, Some years travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique1 more example
Although the breeze had now utterly failed, we had made a great deal of way during the night, and were now lying becalmed about half a mile to the southeast of the low eastern coast.
1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 因無風而停泊的 /因无风而停泊的
- 因無風而停泊的 /因无风而停泊的 (yīn wú ēng ér tíngbó de)unable to move due to lack of wind
Dutch windstil
- windstilunable to move due to lack of wind
Finnish tyveneen joutunut
- tyveneen joutunutunable to move due to lack of wind
Cite this entry
becalmed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/becalmed
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