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CALM DOWN

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Become quiet or less intensive

Example:

the fighting lulled for a moment

Synonyms:

calm down; lull

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "calm down" is one way to...):

hush; hush up; quieten; shut up; silence; still (cause to be quiet or not talk)

Sentence frame:

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Sense 2

Meaning:

Become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation

Example:

It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again.

Synonyms:

calm; calm down; chill out; cool it; cool off; settle down; simmer down

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "calm down" is one way to...):

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Sense 3

Meaning:

Make calm or still

Example:

quiet the dragons of worry and fear

Synonyms:

calm; calm down; lull; quiet; quieten; still; tranquilize; tranquillise; tranquillize

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "calm down" is one way to...):

comfort; console; solace; soothe (give moral or emotional strength to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "calm down"):

lull (calm by deception)

compose (calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet)

appease; assuage; conciliate; gentle; gruntle; lenify; mollify; pacify; placate (cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of)

assure; reassure (cause to feel sure; give reassurance to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The performance is likely to calm down Sue

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