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| calm down |
| 1. v. (intransitive) To become less excited, intense, or angry. |
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| Calm down before you hurt somebody. |
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| 2. v. To cause to become less excited, intense, or angry. |
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| Analysis |
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| calm |
| 1. adj. (of a person) Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety. |
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| 2. adj. (of a place or situation) Free of noise and disturbance. |
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| 3. adj. (of water) with few or no waves on the surface; not rippled. |
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| 4. adj. Without wind or storm. |
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| 5. n. (in a person) The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion. |
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| down |
| 1. n. (especially southern England) A hill, especially a chalk hill; rolling grassland |
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| We went for a walk over the downs. |
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| The North Downs are a ridge of chalk hills in south east England. |
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| 2. n. (usually plural) A field, especially one used for horse racing. |
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| 3. n. (mostly) A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep. |
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