calm

«calm» in Mova's school dictionary: Not worried, angry or excited; peaceful: "Stay calm." — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (calm, calmer, calmest); verb (calm, calms, calmed, calming); noun (calm)

meaning for a pupil

1) Not worried, angry or excited; peaceful: "Stay calm." tree →

2) Still, without wind or waves: "a calm sea". tree →

3) As a verb, to make someone or something calm: "calm down". tree →

4) As a noun, a peaceful, quiet time: "the calm before the storm". tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and safety: in an emergency, stay calm, think, and follow the plan; breathing slowly helps you calm down when angry or scared. In weather: calm means no wind. Phrases: calm down, keep calm, stay calm, calm and collected.

examples

• Stay calm and call for help. tree →
• Take deep breaths to calm down. tree →
• The sea was calm this morning. tree →
• She spoke in a calm voice. tree →
• Keep calm during the fire drill. tree →
• The music calmed the baby. tree →
• It was a calm, sunny day. tree →
• After the storm came the calm. tree →
• He tried to calm the Dragon King. tree →

note

The "l" is silent: say "kahm". Adverb: "calmly". Calm does not mean slow; you can move quickly and still be calm.

In the corpora

• Babies feed from the breast or a bottle, often for twenty minutes or more, and they need calm to settle.
• Most grown-ups calm down quickly after shouting and feel bad about it; shouting does not mean they stop loving you.
• Slow breathing, such as breathing in while counting to four and out while counting to six, helps calm a racing heart.
• A chatbot is wonderfully good at sounding right: clear sentences, a calm voice, no "erm".
• Nerves make breath short and the voice shaky, even in good singers; slow breathing before singing helps calm the voice.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «calm» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.