CALM DOWN
Dictionary entry overview: What does calm down mean?
• CALM DOWN (verb)
The verb CALM DOWN has 3 senses:
1. become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation
2. make calm or still
3. become quiet or less intensive
Familiarity information: CALM DOWN used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• CALM DOWN (verb)
Meaning:
Become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
simmer down; cool off; cool it; chill out; calm down; settle down; calm
Context examples:
After the fight both men need to cool off. / It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again.
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
Meaning:
Make calm or still
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
tranquillise; tranquilize; still; calm; tranquillize; quiet; quieten; calm down; lull
Context example:
quiet the dragons of worry and fear
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
Meaning:
Become quiet or less intensive
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
lull; calm down
Context example:
the fighting lulled for a moment
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:
Something ----s
