becalmed

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Simple past tense and past participle of becalm
unable to move due to lack of wind

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.

{a} in a quiet state, having no wind
If something such as the economy, a company, or a series of talks is becalmed, it is not progressing at all, although it should be. the becalmed peace talks. = stagnant
{s} not moving, unable to move because of a lack of wind (of a ship)
rendered motionless for lack of wind
If a sailing ship is becalmed, it is unable to move because there is no wind. We were becalmed off Dungeness for several hours
past of becalm
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to make quiet
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{v} to quiet, appease make easy, still
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make steady; "steady yourself"
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{f} calm, soothe; keep wind from sails
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To keep from motion, or stop the progress of, by the stilling of the wind; as, the fleet was becalmed
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To cut off the wind from a ship either by the proximity of land or by another vessel. A ship that is motionless due to the absence of wind is becalmed
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To render calm or quiet; to calm; to still; to appease
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