becalm

  1. Verb.  (transitive) To make calm or still; make quiet; calm.
  2. Verb.  (transitive, nautical) To cut off the wind from a ship either by the proximity of land or by another vessel. A ship that is motionless due to the absence of wind is '''becalmed'''.

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