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 Definitions of charm  [ʃɑrm]  

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Definition of 'charm' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) charm
a power of pleasing or attracting, as through personality or beauty.

2.  charm
a trait or feature imparting this power.

3.  charm
charms, attractiveness.

4.  charm
a trinket to be worn on a bracelet, necklace, etc.

5.  charm
something worn or carried on one's person to bring good luck or ward off evil; amulet.

6.  charm
a formula or action credited with magical power.

7.  charm
the chanting or recitation of magic words; incantation.

8.  charm
Physics. the quantum property assigned to the charmed quark.

9. (v.t.) charm
to delight or please greatly by attractiveness; enchant.

10.  charm
to act upon (someone or something) with or as if with a magical force.

11.  charm
to gain or influence through personal charm.

12.  charm
to endow with or protect by supernatural powers.

13. (v.i.) charm
to be fascinating or pleasing.

14.  charm
to use charms.

Etymology:  (1250–1300; ME

Definition of 'charm' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) appeal, appealingness, charm
attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
"his smile was part of his appeal to her"

2. (noun) spell, magic spell, magical spell, charm
a verbal formula believed to have magical force
"he whispered a spell as he moved his hands"; "inscribed around its base is a charm in Balinese"

3. (noun) charm, good luck charm
something believed to bring good luck

4. (verb) charm
(physics) one of the six flavors of quark

5. (verb) capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant
attract; cause to be enamored
"She captured all the men's hearts"

6. (verb) charm, becharm
control by magic spells, as by practicing witchcraft

7. (verb) charm
protect through supernatural powers or charms

8. (verb) charm, influence, tempt
induce into action by using one's charm
"She charmed him into giving her all his money"


Definition of 'charm' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) charm
an attractive quality of a person or place; = appeal
Not everyone has natural charm.; a mountain town with many charms

2.  charm
a lucky object
a good-luck charm

3. (verb) charm
to use attractive qualities to please
She charmed all my relatives.; I was charmed by his good looks.


Definition of 'charm' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) charm
a melody; a song

2. (noun) charm
a word or combination of words sung or spoken in the practice of magic; a magical combination of words, characters, etc.; an incantation

3. (noun) charm
that which exerts an irresistible power to please and attract; that which fascinates; any alluring quality

4. (noun) charm
anything worn for its supposed efficacy to the wearer in averting ill or securing good fortune

5. (noun) charm
any small decorative object worn on the person, as a seal, a key, a silver whistle, or the like. Bunches of charms are often worn at the watch chain

6. (noun) charm
to make music upon; to tune

7. (noun) charm
to subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence; to affect by magic

8. (noun) charm
to subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe

9. (noun) charm
to attract irresistibly; to delight exceedingly; to enchant; to fascinate

10. (noun) charm
to protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms, or supernatural influences; as, a charmed life

11. (verb) charm
to use magic arts or occult power; to make use of charms

12. (verb) charm
to act as, or produce the effect of, a charm; to please greatly; to be fascinating

13. (verb) charm
to make a musical sound


Translation of 'charm' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (a) pleasant quality or attraction
Her charm made up for her lack of beauty.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: sjarme Arabic flag Arabic: سِحْر، فِتْنَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: обаяние
Brazilian flag Brazilian: encanto Czech flag Czech: šarm, půvab German flag German: der Charme
Danish flag Danish: charme Greek flag Greek: γοητεία Spanish flag Spanish: encanto
Estonian flag Estonian: sarm Farsi flag Farsi: جذابیت؛ گیرایی Finnish flag Finnish: viehätysvoima
French flag French: charme Hebrew flag Hebrew: חֵן Hindi flag Hindi: सुंदरता
Croatian flag Croatian: čarolije, čari Hungarian flag Hungarian: báj Indonesian flag Indonesian: pesona
Icelandic flag Icelandic: (yndis)þokki Italian flag Italian: fascino Japanese flag Japanese: 魅力
Korean flag Korean: 매력 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: žavesys Latvian flag Latvian: burvība; šarms; pievilcīb
Malay flag Malay: daya tarikan Dutch flag Dutch: charme Norwegian flag Norwegian: sjarm, ynde
Polish flag Polish: wdzięk Persian flag Persian: جذابیت؛ گیرایی Pashto flag Pashto: تر جادو لاندى را وستل: جذ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: encanto Romanian flag Romanian: farmec Russian flag Russian: обаяние
Slovak flag Slovak: pôvab Slovenian flag Slovenian: čar, šarm Serbian flag Serbian: šarm
Swedish flag Swedish: charm Thai flag Thai: เสน่ห์ Turkish flag Turkish: çekicilik, sevimlilik
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 魅力 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: чарівність, шарм Urdu flag Urdu: کشش
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự duyên dáng Chinese flag Chinese: 魅力

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