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calm down
calming
calmly
calmly

calm (calmer comparative) (calmest superlative) (calms plural & 3rd person present) (calming present participle) (calmed past tense & past participle )

1  adj A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement.
She is usually a calm and diplomatic woman...
♦ calmly  adv
Alan looked at him and said calmly, `I don't believe you.'

2  verb If you calm someone, you do something to make them feel less angry, worried, or excited.
She was breathing quickly and tried to calm herself...  V n
♦ calming  adj
...a fresh, cool fragrance which produces a very calming effect on the mind.

3 n-uncount Calm is used to refer to a quiet, still, or peaceful atmosphere in a place. (=peace)
...the rural calm of Grand Rapids, Michigan.

4  adj If someone says that a place is calm, they mean that it is free from fighting or public disorder, when trouble has recently occurred there or had been expected.  (JOURNALISM) (=peaceful)
The city of Sarajevo appears relatively calm today.
  Calm is also a noun., n-uncount also a N

5 verb To calm a situation means to reduce the amount of trouble, violence, or panic there is.
Mr Beazer tried to calm the protests by promising to keep the company's base in Pittsburgh. V n

6 adj If the sea or a lake is calm, the water is not moving very much and there are no big waves. (=still) (Antonym: rough) ...as we slid into the calm waters of Cowes Harbour.

7 adj Calm weather is pleasant weather with little or no wind.
Tuesday was a fine, clear and calm day.

8 n-count In sailing, a flat calm or a dead calm is a condition of the sea or the weather in which there is very little wind or movement of the water. (TECHNICAL)

9 verb When the sea calms, it becomes still because the wind stops blowing strongly. When the wind calms, it stops blowing strongly.
Dawn came, the sea calmed but the cold was as bitter as ever. V

10 You can use the calm before the storm to refer to a quiet period in which there is little or no activity, before a period in which there is a lot of trouble or intense activity.
♦ the calm before the storm phrase calm down

1 phrasal verb If you calm down, or if someone calms you down, you become less angry, upset, or excited.
Calm down for a minute and listen to me... V P

2 phrasal verb If things calm down, or someone or something calms things down, the amount of activity, trouble, or panic is reduced. (=settle down)
We will go back to normal when things calm down... V P

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