charm
/t͡ʃɑɹm/ noun B1- An object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation). · a charm against evil· It works like a charm.
- The ability to persuade, delight or arouse admiration. · He had great personal charm.· She tried to win him over with her charms.
- A small trinket on a bracelet or chain, etc., traditionally supposed to confer luck upon the wearer. · She wears a charm bracelet on her wrist.
- A group of goldfinches or other songbirds, or sometimes hummingbirds.
- A quantum number of hadrons determined by the number of charm quarks and antiquarks.
- A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the instantaneous rate of change of delta with respect to time.
- An icon providing quick access to a command or setting.
Plural charms
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“The Witch of the East was proud of those silver shoes,” said one of the Munchkins, “and there is some charm connected with them; but what it is we never knew.”
AN ASS having heard some Grasshoppers chirping, was highly enchanted; and, desiring to possess the same charms of melody, demanded what sort of food they lived on to give them such beautiful voices.
This Golden Cap had a charm.
Twice already the Wicked Witch had used the charm of the Cap.
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