Definition of "charm" in İngilizce

noun

1. An object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation).

   • a charm against evil
   • It works like a charm.

2. (often in the plural) The ability to persuade, delight or arouse admiration.

   • He had great personal charm.
   • She tried to win him over with her charms.

3. 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.

4. The collective noun for a group of goldfinches.

5. (particle physics) A quantum number of hadrons determined by the number of charm quarks and antiquarks.

6. (finance) A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the instantaneous rate of change of delta with respect to time.

7. (graphical user interface, Microsoft Windows) An icon providing quick access to a command or setting.

verb

1. To seduce, persuade or fascinate someone or something.

   • He charmed her with his dashing tales of his days as a sailor.

2. (transitive) To use a magical charm upon; to subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence; to ensorcel or exert a magical effect on.

   • After winning three games while wearing the chain, Dan began to think it had been charmed.

3. To protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms, or supernatural influences.

   • She led a charmed life.

4. (obsolete, rare) To make music upon.

5. To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe.

noun

1. The mixed sound of many voices, especially of birds or children.

2. A flock, group (especially of finches).