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The definition of calm is someone or something who is peaceful and free from stress or worries.

(adjective)

An example of peaceful is a warm, quiet summer day.

To calm means to soothe and pacify someone to make him free of stress, or to become free of stress yourself.

(verb)

An example of calm is what you are doing when you rock a baby to try to make him stop crying and fussing.
An example of calm is the change in the atmosphere when a baby gradually stops crying and fussing.

Calm is defined as a state of peace and tranquility.

(noun)

An example of calm is an atmosphere where no one is fighting or arguing and there is no stress or tension.

See calm in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

lack of wind or motion; stillness
lack of agitation or excitement; tranquillity; serenity
Meteorol. a condition in which the air movement is less than one mile per hour

Origin: ME & OFr calme < OIt calma < LL (Vulg.: Job 30:30) cauma, heat, heat of the day (hence, in It, time to rest, quiet: see siesta) < Gr kauma, heat, esp. of the sun < kaiein, to burn; It sp. infl. by L calere, to be hot

adjective

without wind or motion; still; quiet
not agitated or excited; tranquil or cool

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to make or become calm: often with down

Related Forms:

calmly adverb
calmness noun

See calm in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective calm·er, calm·est

Nearly or completely motionless; undisturbed: the calm surface of the lake.
Not excited or agitated; composed: The President was calm throughout the global crisis.

noun

An absence or cessation of motion; stillness.
Serenity; tranquillity; peace.
A condition of no wind or a wind with a speed of less than 1 knot (1.15 miles per hour; 1.9 kilometers per hour), according to the Beaufort scale.

tr. & intr.v. calmed, calm·ing, calms

To make or become calm or quiet: A warm bath will calm you. After the storm, the air calmed.

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Origin: Middle English calme

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Old Italian calmo

Origin: , from Late Latin cauma, heat of the day, resting place in the heat of the day

Origin: , from Greek kauma, burning heat

Origin: , from kaiein, to burn

Origin: . N., from Middle English calme

Origin: , from Italian calma

Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *calma