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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.Ģża quantum number assigned the value +1 for one kind of quark, āˆ’1 for its antiquark, and 0 for all other quarks. C



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

2

[chahrm]

noun

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

charm

1

/ ³ŁŹƒÉ‘ː³¾ /

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. perfectly; successfully

ā€œCollins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridgedā€ 2012 Digital Edition Ā© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Ā© 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

ā€œCollins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridgedā€ 2012 Digital Edition Ā© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Ā© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

charm

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/ ³ŁŹƒÉ‘ː³¾ /

noun

  1. dialectĢża loud noise, as of a number of people chattering or of birds singing

ā€œCollins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridgedā€ 2012 Digital Edition Ā© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Ā© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

charm

  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 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms

  • charmedly adverb
  • charmer noun
  • charmless adjective
  • charmlessly adverb
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of charm1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English charme ā€œmagical verse or incantation,ā€ from Old French, from Latin carmen ā€œsong, magical formula,ā€ from unattested canmen (by dissimilation), equivalent to can(ere) ā€œto singā€ + -men noun suffix

Origin of charm2

First recorded in 1520–30 as cherme, dialect variant of chirm ā€œnoise, din,ā€ perhaps associated with charm 1 ( def. ) (in the sense ā€œchanting of a magic verseā€)
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51³Ō¹Ļ 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

In addition to the idioms beginning with charm, also see (charm the) pants off; work like a charm.
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Example Sentences

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In fact, the entire live-action endeavor hinged on whether Toothless could be properly translated as a photorealistic dragon among human actors and physical sets, while retaining the charm of the animated movies.

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It’s impossible not to be charmed by her, and even easier to see how men like John and Harry, who seem so different from one another, could fall head over heels for Lucy.

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ā€œThe Lizard and El Sol,ā€ staged at local parks as well as in the Playhouse courtyard, tells the charming tale of a lizard in search of the newly missing sun.

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Hiccup, played this time with game and gawky charm by Mason Thames, has been raised to think the only solution to violence is more violence.

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The em dash is already quite accustomed to controversy, with a long history of charming and bedeviling authors, journalists and academics.

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