damage, injury, or any bad effect that happens to a person, animal, or thing
The doctor said the fall caused no serious harm.
Smoking can do a lot of harm to your lungs.
✦ Old English hearm “injury, grief, pain,” of Germanic origin; related to Old High German harm “insult, shame.”
to damage, injure, or have a bad effect on someone or something
Too much sun can harm your skin.
She would never harm an animal.
✦ Old English hearmian “to hurt, damage,” derived from the noun hearm.
a small decorative object worn on a bracelet, necklace, or kept for good luck
Maya added a tiny silver star charm to her bracelet to remember her graduation.
The tourist market was full of wooden animal charms carved by local artists.
to please or attract someone greatly
The comedian quickly charmed the audience with his stories.
Her kindness never fails to charm new students.
a word, phrase, or action believed to have magic power; a spell
The witch whispered an ancient charm and the candle flame turned blue.
Legends say the lake is protected by a powerful charm that keeps evil away.
in particle physics, a type of quantum property carried by certain subatomic particles such as the charm quark
The discovery of the charm quark solved several anomalies in particle collision data.
Researchers study how charm is conserved during weak interactions.
