different between becalmed vs motionless
becalmed
English
Verb
becalmed
- simple past tense and past participle of becalm
Adjective
becalmed (comparative more becalmed, superlative most becalmed)
- (nautical, of a sailing ship) Unable to move due to lack of wind.
- 1638, Thomas Herbert, Some years travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique:
- […] when we got a?terne we grew becalm'd, land-lockt in a fort, and were ?ported all the way […]
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island:
- Although the breeze had now utterly failed, we had made a great deal of way during the night, and were now lying becalmed about half a mile to the southeast of the low eastern coast.
- 1638, Thomas Herbert, Some years travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique:
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motionless
English
Etymology
motion +? -less
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m????nl?s/
- (US) IPA(key): /?mo???nl?s/
Adjective
motionless (not comparable)
- at rest, stationary, immobile, not moving.
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