An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
BECALMED
becalmed
(adjective) rendered motionless for lack of wind
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
becalmed
simple past tense and past participle of becalm
Adjective
becalmed (comparative more becalmed, superlative most becalmed)
(nautical) (of a sailing ship) unable to move due to lack of wind
Source: Wiktionary
BECALM
Be*calm", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Becalmed (p. pr. & vb. n. Becalming.]
1. To render calm or quiet; to calm; to still; to appease. Soft whispering airs . . . becalm the mind. Philips.
2. To keep from motion, or stop the progress of, by the stilling of the wind; as, the fleet was becalmed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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