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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
calm down
1. become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation (Freq. 4)
- After the fight both men need to cool off.
- It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again.
• Syn:
calm, cool off, chill out, simmer down, settle down, cool it
• Derivationally related forms:
calm (for: calm)
• Hypernyms:
change state, turn
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
2. make calm or still
- quiet the dragons of worry and fear
• Syn:
calm, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise,
quieten, lull, still
• Ant:
agitate (for: calm)
• Derivationally related forms:
still (for: still), lull (for: lull), tranquilizer (for: tranquilize), quiet (for: quiet)
• Hypernyms:
comfort, soothe, console, solace
• Hyponyms:
lull, compose, pacify, lenify, conciliate,
assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle,
reassure, assure
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The performance is likely to calm down Sue
3. become quiet or less intensive
- the fighting lulled for a moment
• Syn:
lull
• Derivationally related forms:
lull (for: lull)
• Hypernyms:
hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up, hush up
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
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