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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.
Synonyms: ,
- 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
/ ä /
- 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 51Թ Forms
- ·· [chahr, -mid-lee], adverb
- İ noun
- l adjective
- l·ly adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of charm1
Origin of charm2
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of charm1
Origin of charm2
Idioms and Phrases
- (charm the) pants off
- work like a charm
Example Sentences
He ultimately starts working for Sritala, as she was charmed by him — even if he really wasn’t a producer.
Fred Astaire he was not, and when he realized that I didn’t fall for his charm, he began to cry.
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.
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.”
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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