balm

noun · verbA1

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

balms

1.
(countable, uncountable)Any of various aromatic resins exuded from certain plants, especially trees of the genus Commiphora of Africa, Arabia and India and Myroxylon of South America.
Đồng nghĩa: balsam, balm
2.
(countable, uncountable)An aromatic preparation for embalming the dead.
3.
(countable, uncountable)A plant or tree yielding such substance.
Đồng nghĩa: balsam
4.
(countable, uncountable)Any soothing oil or lotion, especially an aromatic one.
Đồng nghĩa: balsam
5.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)Something soothing.
Classical music is a sweet balm for our sorrows.
Đồng nghĩa: balsam
6.
(countable, uncountable)The lemon balm, Melissa officinalis.
7.
(countable, uncountable)Any of a number of other aromatic herbs with a similar citrus-like scent, such as bee balm and horsebalm.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

balms

V_ing/Gerund

balming

V_ed/pp

balmed

1.
(archaic, transitive)To anoint with balm, or with anything medicinal.
2.
(figuratively, transitive)(transitive, figurative) To soothe; to mitigate.

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Đồng nghĩa

balsam

Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

Middle English bawme, borrowed from - and Middle French baume, from Old French basme, from Latin balsamum, itself from Ancient Greek βάλσαμον. Spelling modified 16th c. to conform to Latin etymology. balsam desman.