charm

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Synonyms: chasm, char, chary, harm, chirm, chart, chare, chark, tharm, churm, chari

Antonyms: chasm, char, chary, harm, chirm, chart, chare, chark, tharm, churm, chari

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Noun

1. An object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation).
   • a charm against evil
   • It works like a charm.
2. The ability to persuade, delight or arouse admiration.
   • He had great personal charm.
   • She tried to win him over with her charms.
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. A group of goldfinches or other songbirds, or sometimes hummingbirds.
5. A quantum number of hadrons determined by the number of charm quarks and antiquarks.
6. A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the instantaneous rate of change of delta with respect to time.
7. An icon providing quick access to a command or setting.

Verb

1. To seduce, persuade or fascinate someone or something.
   • He charmed her with his dashing tales of his days as a sailor.
2. To use a magical charm upon; to subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence; to ensorcel or exert a magical effect on.
   • After winning three games while wearing the chain, Dan began to think it had been charmed.
3. To protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms, or supernatural influences.
   • She led a charmed life.
4. To make music upon.
5. To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe.

Noun

1. The mixed sound of many voices, especially of birds or children.
2. A flock, group (especially of finches).

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