Charm meaning
To function as an amulet or charm.
verb
To act on as though by magic; seemingly cast a spell on.
verb
To be alluring or pleasing.
verb
To attract or please greatly; enchant; allure; fascinate; delight.
verb
To protect from harm as though by magic.
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To practice magic.
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To be charming; please greatly.
verb
The definition of charm is something thought to have magic power, piece of jewelry or a person or thing that attracts others.
An example of a charm is a rabbit's foot keychain.
An example of a charm is a small silver butterfly pendant worn with other pendants on a bracelet.
An example of a charm is someone with a beautiful and welcoming smile.
noun
A small ornament, such as one worn on a bracelet.
noun
To delight or fascinate.
The simple elegance of the meal charmed the guests.
verb
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To cast or seem to cast a spell on; bewitch.
verb
To use magic spells.
verb
Any object assumed to have such power, as an amulet or talisman.
noun
Any trinket worn as a decoration on a bracelet, necklace, watch chain, etc.
noun
Any action or gesture assumed to have magic power.
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A quality or feature in someone or something that attracts or delights people.
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An individuating property of quarks and other elementary particles: it is expressed as a quantum number, with +1 used of a particle that has charm (charmed particle) and 0 used of one that does not.
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One of the flavors of quarks, contributing to the charm number—a quantum number—for hadrons.
A charmed particle is a particle that contains at least one charmed quark or charmed antiquark. The charmed quark was hypothesized to account for the longevity of the J/psi particle and to explain differences in the behavior of leptons and hadrons.
He had great personal charm.
She tried to win him over with her charms.
noun
- John Milton.They, on their mirth and dance / Intent, with jocund music charm his ear.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 4, The Celebrity.The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on an afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house.
He charmed her with his dashing tales of his days as a sailor.
verb
To use a magical charm upon; to subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence.
After winning three games while wearing the chain, Dan began to think it had been charmed.
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To protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms, or supernatural influences.
She led a charmed life.
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To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe.
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To induce by means of strong personal attractiveness.
Charmed the guard into admitting them without invitations.
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Origin of charm
- Middle English charme magic spell from Old French from Latin carmen incantation kan- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Variant of chirm, from Middle English chirme, from Old English ċierm (“cry, alarm”), from Proto-Germanic *karmiz.
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