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Charm

/tʃɑːm/

An object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation).

📖 Definitions of "Charm"

noun
  1. 1

    An object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation).

    "It works like a charm."

  2. 2

    The ability to persuade, delight or arouse admiration; often constructed in the plural.

    "He had great personal charm."

  3. 3

    A small trinket on a bracelet or chain, etc., traditionally supposed to confer luck upon the wearer.

    "She wears a charm bracelet on her wrist."

  4. 4

    A quantum number of hadrons determined by the number of charm quarks and antiquarks.

verb
  1. 1

    To seduce, persuade or fascinate someone or something.

    "He charmed her with his dashing tales of his days as a sailor."

  2. 2

    To use a magical charm upon; to subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence.

    "After winning three games while wearing the chain, Dan began to think it had been charmed."

  3. 3

    To protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms, or supernatural influences.

    "She led a charmed life."

  4. 4

    To make music upon.

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