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charm

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[ chahrm ]

noun

  1. 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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  2. a trait or feature imparting this power.
  3. charms, attractiveness.
  4. a trinket to be worn on a bracelet, necklace, etc.

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  5. something worn or carried on one's person for its supposed magical effect; amulet.

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  6. any action supposed to have magical power.

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  7. the chanting or recitation of a magic verse or formula.
  8. a verse or formula credited with magical power.

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  9. 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)

  1. to delight or please greatly by beauty, attractiveness, etc.; enchant:

    She charmed us with her grace.

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  2. to act upon (someone or something) with or as with a compelling or magical force:

    to charm a bird from a tree.

  3. to endow with or protect by supernatural powers.
  4. to gain or influence through personal charm:

    He charmed a raise out of his boss.

verb (used without object)

  1. to be fascinating or pleasing.
  2. to use charms.
  3. to act as a charm.

charm

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[ chahrm ]

noun

British Dialect.
  1. blended singing of birds, children, etc.

charm

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/ ʃɑː /

noun

  1. the quality of pleasing, fascinating, or attracting people
  2. a pleasing or attractive feature
  3. a small object worn or kept for supposed magical powers of protection; amulet; talisman
  4. a trinket worn on a bracelet
  5. a magic spell; enchantment
  6. a formula or action used in casting such a spell
  7. physics an internal quantum number of certain elementary particles, used to explain some scattering experiments
  8. like a charm
    perfectly; successfully
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to attract or fascinate; delight greatly
  2. to cast a magic spell on
  3. to protect, influence, or heal, supposedly by magic
  4. tr to influence or obtain by personal charm

    he charmed them into believing him

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

charm

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/ ʃɑː /

noun

  1. dialect.
    a loud noise, as of a number of people chattering or of birds singing
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

charm

/ ä /

  1. One of the flavors of quarks, contributing to the charm number—a quantum number—for hadrons.
  2. 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.
  3. See more at flavor
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • 󲹰·· [chahr, -mid-lee], adverb
  • 󲹰İ noun
  • 󲹰l adjective
  • 󲹰l·ly adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of charm1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English charme “magical verse or incantation,” from Old French, from Latin carmen “song, magical formula,” from unattested canmen (by dissimilation), equivalent to can(ere) “to sing” + -men noun suffix

Origin of charm2

First recorded in 1520–30 as cherme, dialect variant of chirm “noise, din,” perhaps associated with charm 1( def ) (in the sense “chanting of a magic verse”)
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of charm1

C13: from Old French charme, from Latin carmen song, incantation, from canere to sing

Origin of charm2

C16: variant of chirm
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Idioms and Phrases

  • (charm the) pants off
  • work like a charm
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Example Sentences

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He ultimately starts working for Sritala, as she was charmed by him — even if he really wasn’t a producer.

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Fred Astaire he was not, and when he realized that I didn’t fall for his charm, he began to cry.

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Hurley’s talents were manifold — he designed and illustrated most of his charming hand-drawn album art, and learned a diversity of instruments including banjo and fiddle.

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James Hawes, who directed “The Amateur,” praised the actor’s “enigmatic nature” and his ability to project simultaneous danger and charm: “He was the first name on the list for this role.”

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Simpson plainly had a surfeit of charm that disarmed his political adversaries.

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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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