meaning of charm
1. A melody; a song.
2. A word or combination of words sung or spoken in the practice of magic; a magical combination of words, characters, etc. ; an incantation.
3. That which exerts an irresistible power to please and attract; that which fascinates; any alluring quality.
4. Anything worn for its supposed efficacy to the wearer in averting ill or securing good fortune.
5. 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.
6. To make music upon; to tune.
7. To subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence; to affect by magic.
8. To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe.
9. To attract irresistibly; to delight exceedingly; to enchant; to fascinate.
10. To protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms, or supernatural influences; as, a charmed life.
11. To use magic arts or occult power; to make use of charms.
12. To act as, or produce the effect of, a charm; to please greatly; to be fascinating.
13. To make a musical sound.
14. CHARM An explicitly parallel programming language based on C, for both shared and nonshared MIMD computers. ftp://a. cs. uiuc. edu/pub/CHARM. Mailing list:
15. something believed to bring good luck
Related Words
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