CHARM


Meaning of CHARM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ tʃɑ:m ]

n. & v. --n. 1 a the power or quality of giving delight or arousing admiration. b fascination, attractiveness. c (usu. in pl.) an attractive or enticing quality. 2 a trinket on a bracelet etc. 3 a an object, act, or word(s) supposedly having occult or magic power; a spell. b a thing worn to avert evil etc.; an amulet. 4 Physics a property of matter manifested by some elementary particles. --v.tr. 1 delight, captivate (charmed by the performance). 2 influence or protect as if by magic (leads a charmed life). 3 a gain by charm (charmed agreement out of him). b influence by charm (charmed her into consenting). 4 cast a spell on, bewitch. øcharm-bracelet a bracelet hung with small trinkets. like a charm perfectly, wonderfully. øøcharmer n. [ME f. OF charme, charmer f. L carmen song]

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