Charm

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The power or quality of pleasing or delighting; appeal.
  • noun. A quality that pleases or attracts; a delightful characteristic.
  • noun. A small ornament, such as one worn on a bracelet.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. An item worn for its supposed magical benefit, as in warding off evil; an amulet.
  • noun. An action or formula thought to have magical power.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A quantum property of subatomic particles that is conserved in electromagnetic and strong interactions but may not be conserved in weak interactions that cause the decay of particles containing charm quarks.
  • noun. The quantum number that represents the charm property, equal to the difference between the number of charm quarks and the number of charm antiquarks.
  • intransitive verb. To delight or fascinate.
  • intransitive verb. To induce by means of strong personal attractiveness.
  • intransitive verb. To cast or seem to cast a spell on; bewitch.
  • intransitive verb. To be alluring or pleasing.
  • intransitive verb. To function as an amulet or charm.
  • intransitive verb. To use magic spells.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A melody; a song.
  • noun. Anything believed to possess some occult or supernatural power, such as an amulet, a spell, or some mystic observance or act.
  • noun. Hence A trinket, such as a locket, seal, etc., worn especially on a watch-guard.
  • noun. An irresistible power to please and attract, or something which possesses this power; fascination; allurement; attraction.
  • noun. Synonyms Spell, enchantment, witchery, magic.
  • To subdue, control, or bind, as if by incantation or magical influence; soothe, allay, or appease.
  • To fortify or make invulnerable with charms.
  • To give exquisite pleasure to; fascinate; enchant.
  • To affect by or as if by magic or supernatural influences: as, to charm a serpent out of his hole or into a stupor; to charm away one's grief; to charm the wind into silence.
  • To play upon; produce musical sounds from.
  • = Syn. 1, 2, and Fascinate, etc. (see enchant), delight, transport, bewitch, ravish, enrapture, captivate.
  • To produce the effect of a charm; work with magic power; act as a charm or spell.
  • To give delight; be highly pleasing: as, a melody that could charm more than any other.
  • To give forth musical sounds.
  • noun. The confused low murmuring of a flock of birds; chirm.
  • noun. In hawking, a company: said of goldfinches.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A melody; a song.
  • noun. A word or combination of words sung or spoken in the practice of magic; a magical combination of words, characters, etc.; an incantation.
  • noun. That which exerts an irresistible power to please and attract; that which fascinates; any alluring quality.
  • noun. Anything worn for its supposed efficacy to the wearer in averting ill or securing good fortune.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. a property of certain quarks which may take the value of +1, -1 or 0.
  • transitive verb. To make music upon; to tune.
  • transitive verb. To subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence; to affect by magic.
  • transitive verb. To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe.
  • transitive verb. To attract irresistibly; to delight exceedingly; to enchant; to fascinate.
  • transitive verb. To protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms, or supernatural influences.
  • intransitive verb. To use magic arts or occult power; to make use of charms.
  • intransitive verb. To act as, or produce the effect of, a charm; to please greatly; to be fascinating.
  • intransitive verb. To make a musical sound.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An object, act or words believed to have magic power.
  • noun. The ability to persuade, delight or arouse admiration; often constructed in the plural.
  • noun. A quantum number of hadrons determined by the quantity of charm quarks & antiquarks.
  • noun. A small trinket on a bracelet or chain, etc.