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charm
1[ chahrm ]
noun
- a power of pleasing or attracting, as through personality or beauty: the charm of a mountain lake.
charm of manner;
the charm of a mountain lake.
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- a trait or feature imparting this power.
- charms, attractiveness.
- a trinket to be worn on a bracelet, necklace, etc.
Synonyms:
- something worn or carried on one's person for its supposed magical effect; amulet.
Synonyms:
- any action supposed to have magical power.
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- the chanting or recitation of a magic verse or formula.
- a verse or formula credited with magical power.
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- Physics. a quantum number assigned the value +1 for one kind of quark, −1 for its antiquark, and 0 for all other quarks. : C Compare charmed quark.
verb (used with object)
- to delight or please greatly by beauty, attractiveness, etc.; enchant:
She charmed us with her grace.
Synonyms: , , , , , ,
- to act upon (someone or something) with or as with a compelling or magical force:
to charm a bird from a tree.
- to endow with or protect by supernatural powers.
- to gain or influence through personal charm:
He charmed a raise out of his boss.
verb (used without object)
- to be fascinating or pleasing.
- to use charms.
- to act as a charm.
charm
2[ chahrm ]
noun
- blended singing of birds, children, etc.
charm
1/ ʃɑː /
noun
- the quality of pleasing, fascinating, or attracting people
- a pleasing or attractive feature
- a small object worn or kept for supposed magical powers of protection; amulet; talisman
- a trinket worn on a bracelet
- a magic spell; enchantment
- a formula or action used in casting such a spell
- physics an internal quantum number of certain elementary particles, used to explain some scattering experiments
- like a charmperfectly; successfully
verb
- to attract or fascinate; delight greatly
- to cast a magic spell on
- to protect, influence, or heal, supposedly by magic
- tr to influence or obtain by personal charm
he charmed them into believing him
charm
2/ ʃɑː /
noun
- dialect.a loud noise, as of a number of people chattering or of birds singing
charm
- 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.
- See more at flavor
Other Word Forms
- ·· [chahr, -mid-lee], adverb
- İ noun
- l adjective
- l·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of charm1
Origin of charm2
Word History and Origins
Origin of charm1
Origin of charm2
Idioms and Phrases
- (charm the) pants off
- work like a charm
Example Sentences
He’s a charming voice actor, and she pronounces every word through her nostrils, so they balance each other out better than any other couple on the show.
"She does all this with enormous charm and wit," she added.
And Meghan, despite her very intentional regular mom persona, seems very hit or miss in that charm offensive.
"It's such a great opportunity for the generation who grew up thinking Skyrim was peak role-playing game to meet its charming little brother," she added.
“ever happens on that stage, it will be brilliant,” Lief tells her students, before holding up a small charm.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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